Mauritius: Health Minister Inaugurates National Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

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A National Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) was inaugurated yesterday at the Dr A. G. Jeetoo Hospital, in Port-Louis, by the Minister of Health and Quality of Life, Dr Mohammad Anwar Husnoo.

In his address, the Minister underpinned the imperative need of having an NICU which offers a dedicated space and services specialising in the intensive care of ill or premature newborn infants to save their lives. Newborn babies, he pointed out, have a fragile health and need intensive and prompt medical attention during the first days of life, otherwise they either die or suffer from long-term health complications.

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