Abandoned newborns now in safe hands
The Hindu
Survival of the two girls despite all odds was celebrated with a cradle ceremony
Two newborns, who were abandoned by their parents — perhaps for the ‘crime’ of being born as girls — were rescued by kind-hearted people and a traditional cradle ceremony was held for both here on Wednesday. In the first instance, a newborn girl was found abandoned within hours of her birth in a colony at Domadugu in Gummadidala mandal on July 13. On being informed by locals, mandal parishad territorial constituency (MPTC) member Govardhan Goud immediately alerted Anganwadi worker Appamma and Aasha worker Vijaya Lakshmi who rushed to the spot. Ch. Udaya Kumar, founder of Mythri Foundation, an NGO, arranged an ambulance to shift the girl to the government hospital at Sangareddy, where she was given due care by Dr. Ashok and Dr. Chakrapani. Her parents have not been traced so far.
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Under the NBS, newborns are screened for communication disorders before they are discharged from the hospital. For this, AIISH has collaborated with several hospitals to conduct screening which is performed to detect hearing impairment and other developmental disabilities that can affect speech and language development. The screening has been helping in early intervention for those identified with the disorders, as any delay in the identification poses risk and affects successful management of children with hearing loss, according to AIISH.