Deputy Minister of Health recommends auditing the recording of children’s growth data at the Damietta Family Center
Dr. Abla Al-Alfi, Deputy Minister of Health and Population, inspected the First Family Medicine Center in Damietta Governorate, where she began her visit in the examination room for those about to get married, followed up on the examination stages, and recommended that the service provision team inform visitors of the reasons for the ministry conducting this examination, and its importance in early diagnosis of one or both partners suffering from genetic or infectious diseases, in addition to providing medical support to girls suffering from anemia and following up on them, to prescribe appropriate treatment, and educate them before pregnancy about the impact of anemia on the health of the fetus.
This comes within the framework of implementing the second phase of the ministry’s plan for field visits to medical facilities in the governorates, in implementation of the directives of Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, to communicate with citizens, monitor shortcomings in medical services and address them, within the framework of working to provide a good health service.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, said that the Deputy Minister stressed the importance of the examination in ensuring Detecting infections with viruses that can only be diagnosed by analysis, such as hepatitis C and B and AIDS, and then intervening with treatment. The Deputy Minister was also keen to provide family counseling to a number of those about to get married, and stressed to them the necessity of the wife preparing for a year before the first pregnancy, and the necessity of treating anemia before pregnancy.
"Abdul Ghaffar" added: The Deputy Minister praised the performance of the nursing staff in the examination room for those about to get married, who provided sound medical advice to one of the visitors after she tested positive for anemia, and referred her to the family doctor to prescribe treatment. The list also recommended that the psychological questionnaire should clarify the questions directed to visitors and explain their purpose in order to obtain the required results from the psychological questionnaire.
She asked the unit manager to ensure that those about to get married receive family counseling before granting them a health certificate. She also recommended providing an examination bed in the children’s clinic, which was provided immediately, stressing the need to make optimal use of the center’s integrated equipment to provide a distinguished medical service.
… IMCI Children’s Clinic, and directed the commitment to record follow-up cases in patient records, and not to be satisfied with the child’s card to ensure periodic follow-up of the child’s condition and discover the health problems that he may be exposed to during his growth stages, and recommended accurately measuring and recording the child’s growth during follow-up, and observing the child’s growth trend during each visit to the clinic, due to the inaccuracy of the data recorded in the patient records.
Dr. Abla Al-Alfi, Deputy Minister of Health and Population, also recommended providing advice to mothers in pregnancy follow-up on the importance of breastfeeding to reduce the rates of breastfeeding with artificial milk, and praised the service provided in following up on pregnant women during her inspection of the maternity and childhood care room, and recommended completing the provision of all services of the center at this honorable level.
The Deputy Minister inspected the reproductive health room, and recommended the medical team to advise women to use family planning methods and correct their misconceptions about long-acting methods, to ensure reducing the rates of unwanted pregnancy, especially since the room receives about 600 beneficiaries per month.
At the end of the tour, Al-Alfi visited the Karimi Al-Nasab unit attached to the center, which receives found children and provides them with health services until they are received by institutions affiliated with the Ministry of Social Solidarity. She recommended unifying a babysitter for each child due to the severe psychological impact on the child from multiple babysitters at an early age.
