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Deputy promotes pre-marriage health check
By Qiang Xiaoji (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-03-11 18:02
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Wang Yin, deputy to the National People's Congress and deputy director-general of Yunnan Dali Health Bureau suggested encouraging pre-marriage health checks during the ongoing Two Sessions, the Xinhuanet reported.
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According to health departments, 90.78 out of?10,000 babies in Beijing were born with congenital defects in 1997 and the number increased to 170.82 in 2008. The congenital defect rate of new born babies has witnessed a big increase since 2003, when the new regulation on marriage registration began to allow couples to choose whether or not to have physical exams before they get married.
Wang said it was unlikely to have the compulsive pre-marriage check-ups back in the near future, but the government should promote pre-marriage check-ups, taking measures like providing free examinations.
