Health dept has no record of goitre patients - The Times of India
This is a tragedy that is compelety preventable. Our studies in India with Dr Sheela Brambhatt highlighted similar problems with severe goitre affecting over 90% of children in Gujarat Province. What is required to prevent iodine deficiency are programs that are well resourced and that monitor the extent of the problem on a regular basis. Severe iodine deficiency may lead to brain damage in new born children.
This is a tragedy that is compelety preventable. Our studies in India with Dr Sheela Brambhatt highlighted similar problems with severe goitre affecting over 90% of children in Gujarat Province. What is required to prevent iodine deficiency are programs that are well resourced and that monitor the extent of the problem on a regular basis. Severe iodine deficiency may lead to brain damage in new born children.
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