Madikeri, Sep. 26: The Kodagu District Health and Family Welfare Department is running a Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre for Malnourished Children in collaboration with the Kodagu District Institute of Medical Sciences and the Teaching Hospital.
This is a government project. The Nutrition Department is running it under the National Health Mission under the state grant. Malnourished children between the ages of 0-6 years, with malnutrition and moderate malnutrition, are admitted here.
Criteria: According to the World Health Organization growth chart, children with low weight for height should have an arm circumference within (11.5 cm) (severe malnutrition) and an arm circumference of 11.5 -12.5 cm. Children with moderate malnutrition (pedal edema) in the foot, when there is, children with malnutrition and anemia between the ages of 0-6 years and severe wasting (bones protruding in the body) will be admitted.
Facilities: Children admitted to the Nutrition Rehabilitation Center will be provided with free nutritious food and medicine for 14 days, all health related health check-ups will be free (MRI, CT scanning, X-ray, blood test, TB test) etc.
Free food supply to mothers or parents, daily allowance of Rs. 370 per day for 14 days from the date of admission, financial assistance, hospital expenses for the child per day Rs. 125 for food, 125/- for food for parents, Rs. 100 for medicine per child.
Available medicines: Calcium syrup, multivitamin syrup, potassium chloride syrup, magnesium sulfate injection, zinc syrup, in case of anemia, Tonoferon syrup, Vitamin D3 drops (for children under 1 year) Vitamin D3 capsules (for children between 1-6 years) For children with low bone density, Vitamin D3 injection will be given as per the advice of a specialist doctor. Vitamin A infusion, deworming medicines, if there are any other health diseases, antibiotics will be given, all these medicines will be given under the guidance of a specialist doctor.
Baby Carriage Facility
When a malnourished child is rehabilitated and discharged from the hospital, he will be sent home in a baby carriage free of charge.
Follow-up visit: After the child is discharged from the Nutrition Rehabilitation Center, a follow-up visit will be made in 1, 2, 4, 8 weeks.
Coordination Priorities During health check-up and nutritional assessment, beneficiaries should be present in Anganwadi and schools. Children suffering from malnutrition should be admitted to the Nutrition Rehabilitation Center until they gain weight. Overall, it is the responsibility of all of us to prevent child deaths due to malnutrition, prevent anemia, and make healthy children a strong country, said Dr. Purushottam, Head of the Children's Department, to the parents.
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