Newborn blood spot screening
- 3 drops of blood can prevent your baby from developing mental retardation!!
- This test identifies low thyroid status in your baby in addition to few other conditions which can cause problems later in life.
- Early treatment with medicines can prevent mental retardation completely leading to healthy life for your baby.
Hearing screen
- Screening usually takes place while the baby is settled or asleep.
- Painless test for your baby.
- Early identification of hearing loss coupled with good quality early support is known to be important for the language and social development of the child.
- Newborn screening means that if a baby has hearing loss then support and treatment can be provided to parents at an early stage.
- Results are available immediately.
Critical congenital heart disease screen
- This simple, painless and inexpensive test will identify whether your baby has any major heart problems requiring treatment in the first few days of life.
- Your baby will be connected to a monitor which shows the amount of oxygen in your baby’s blood in a few minutes.
- Results are available immediately.