Mental healthcare

BEIJING has introduced mental health assessments for pregnant women to provide them with better mental healthcare, according to the Beijing Daily yesterday.

Maternal depression threatens the physical and mental health of both the pregnant woman and the fetus.

According to a plan released by the Beijing Municipal Health Commission, the city will conduct regular mental health screenings so that pregnant woman with mental health issues can receive timely treatment.

Landslide kills 5

THE death toll has risen to five after a landslide hit a county in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Sunday afternoon, local authorities said yesterday.

Rescuers found the body of a previously missing victim at around 2 p.m. yesterday at the site of the landslide in Xuyong County in the city of Luzhou, according to the county’s publicity department.

So far, five people have died and another seven have been injured. The injured are being treated in local hospitals.

New indicators

THE country will launch a reference range exclusively for children’s blood test indicators next year, according to the Beijing Evening News on Monday.

Previously, the reference ranges of domestic adults’ or overseas children’s blood test indicators were widely used for domestic children’s blood tests.