ROLE OF THE PEDIATRICIAN IN PREVENTION OF NEEDLESS NEONATAL DEATHS

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The pediatrician responsible for the newborn in an obstetric hospital has three major obligations. First, he must apply all available knowledge to the protection and care of his charges so that they may survive the hazards of this dangerous period of life without future handicaps. Secondly, he must strive, with the help of all allied disciplines, to extend the boundaries of present knowledge to the end that fetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality can be reduced. Thirdly, he must disseminate this special knowledge through every available medium so that babies everywhere may benefit. A revision of the American Academy of Pediatrics' manual "Standards and Recommendations for Hospital Care of Newborn Infants—Full Term and Premature" is about to be published 1 and should be made the bible of the newborn service. This manual contains standards that must be met by every hospital, irrespective of size or resources, attempting to care for

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