A Simple Test. Newborn Lives Saved. What's The Holdup?
By Darshak SanghaviThe experts agree: Screening babies for critical congenital heart disease should be mandatory. So why are Massachusetts officials resistant?
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Darshak Sanghavi
Darshak Sanghavi is an associate professor and chief of pediatric cardiology at UMass Medical School. He is also the author of “A Map of the Child: A Pediatrician’s Tour of the Body.”
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