there are a lot of babies who would die right after they are born. and sometimes, doctors would not know why.
that is why a Filipino doctor, Dr. Enrique M. Ostrea Jr., invented the mec test . this test checks an infant's first stool after birth; this stool is called meconium . through this test, doctors will find out if an infant has been exposed to drugs and alcohol while in its mother's womb. this way, doctors will know to treat the baby. this will eventually save the baby from getting very sick or form dying.
Dr. Ostrea works in United States. he serves as chief pediatrician for Hutzel Hospital in Detroit. he has earned several awards. he was voted five times as one of 500 Best Doctors in America. He was awarded the Filipinas Magazine AChievement Award for Medicine in 2004.
although he works in the US, Dr. Ostrea comes to the Philippines to share his medical expertise and experience with students and doctors in various schools and hospitals.
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Nice post from a kid blogger. This is a valuable info, Kaye, to help prevent deaths among infants. And thanks for visiting my blog. Appreciate it. :)
hehehe thnx JAn.. actually she's my neice 8 years old. and she stayed at me, iam the one who take care on her since her mom is sick, her mom is my younger sister. and she kept on asking me how my blog goin on, hows my income and etc, she asks a lot.. and i dont like it sometimes, i got irretated.. so i decided to create a blog on her own, and since, shes studying and she cant update it, iam the one who's updating her blog, hahahaha... but some ideas are really from her, iam only the designer and checker on this blog... LOL
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