Pilot project to check for deafness in newborns in Maharashtra
The Hindu
It will be started in Pune, Gadchiroli and Jalna districts, says Minister
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said an experimental project will use mobile units to check the hearing of newborn children in the State. The project will be started in Pune, Gadchiroli and Jalna districts, he added. This initiative comes in the backdrop of the National Deafness Prevention Program, which is being implemented in 16 places in the State. The pilot project was conceived by Baramati MP and senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Supriya Sule and was presented by Abhijit Raut, State organiser, Disability Rights Development Forum, at the Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan in Mumbai.
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