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MONDAY, JULY 27, 1987

COMPREHENSIVE OBSERVATION SERVICES

PARENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING THEIR YOUNG MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES TO MAKE

OF HEALTH OBSERVATION SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE FAMILY MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

USE

CHILDREN TO

THE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES OF THE

NEARBY

INFANTS FROM

ALL THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO BIRTH TO FIVE YEARS OLD. THE AIM OF THE COMPREHENSIVE OBSERVATION

TO SERVICES IS

PROVIDE ROUTINE DEVELOPMENTAL

TESTS SCREENING CONGENITAL OR CHILDREN SO THAT ANY

ACQUIRED ABNORMALITIES CAN DETECTED AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE FOR TREATMENT AND FOLLOW UP.

TO

BE

OUT

FOR

AND

UNDER THE PRESENT SCHEME, SCREENING TESTS ARE CARRIED CHILDREN AT THREE DIFFERENT STAGES, NAMELY, 10 WEEKS, NINE MONTHS THREE YEARS OF AGE.

TESTS ON PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, HEARING, SPEECH, BEHAVIOUR ADAPTABILITY

CONDUCTED TO ASSESS

DEVELOPMENT.

WILL BE

VISION

A

AND CHILD'S

FROM A MENTAL ANY CHILD WHO IS SUSPECTED TO BE SUFFERING

CHILD ASSESSMENT CENTRE PHYSICAL DEFECT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE RELEVANT SPECIALIST CLINICS FOR A THOROUGH RE-EXAMINATION SO THAT APPROPRIATE TREATMENT AND COUNSELLING MAY BE PROVIDED TO SUCCESS OF REHABILITATION.

OR

OR

THE ENHANCE THE

DEVELOPMENT THE

TO ASSIST PARENTS TO MONITOR THEIR CHILDREN'S FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES HAS ALSO PRINTED A "CHECKLIST ON WARNING SIGNS".

DEVELOPMENTAL

ANY THE CHECKLIST CAN BE USED TO HELP PARENTS TO WATCH OUT FOR

SHOULD HAVE SIGNS OF DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS IN THEIR CHILDREN. IF THEY

THEY SHOULD ANY SUSPICION ABOUT THEIR CHILD'S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT,

CENTRE ALWAYS BRING THEM BACK TO THE NEARBY MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH FOR SCREENING AND FOLLOW UP.

THE CHECKLISTS CAN BE CHILD HEALTH CENTRES.

OBTAINED

FREELY AT ALL MATERNAL

AND

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