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Premarital checks ensure healthy babies
By He Na and Li Fangchao (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-07-22 05:35
Even to those with very little medical knowledge, syphilis is known as a
terrible disease. Not only is it not easily cured, but it also signals a painful
and uncomfortable life for sufferers.
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| Mothers learn how to do exercises for their babies under the
instruction of medical workers in Jinan of Shandong Province.
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| It is not
surprising that a young couple were left heartbroken when doctors at the
Changchun Children's Hospital told them their newborn child was afflicted with
congenital syphilis. The young couple themselves are also victims of the
terrible illness. The disease was passed to the child in the womb.
Although it is rare for a baby to be diagnosed with syphilis, this is the
eighth case in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin Province, this year, according
to statistics from the Changchun Mother and Child Health Care Centre.
Experts at the centre said if the parents of these children had undergone
physical examinations before trying for babies they would not have passed on the
illness, if properly treated.
Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province yesterday adopted a revised
regulation to reiterate the importance of premarital health checks, making it a
must for couples that want to tie the knot.
Couples preparing to be married must deliver results of health checks to the
marriage registration office to ensure they receive the proper marriage licence.
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