Greater Oregon March of Dimes will serve apple pie at the State Capitol in celebration of our national organization’s 75th anniversary; as well as to urge legislators to support SB 172.
We’d love to see you there! Please join us.
Oregon State Capitol Galleria in Salem
Tuesday, March 5
10:00 am – noon
SB 172 would ensure that all newborns in Oregon are screened for critical congenital heart disease before they are discharged from the hospital. An estimated 400 babies in Oregon are born with congenital heart defects. Twenty-five percent of these babies will have critical congenital heart disease (CCHD),meaning they require intervention within hours, days or the first three months after birth. Screening for CCHD is done by checking the amount of oxygen in the babies blood using a pulse oximeter. It is a non-invasive test, it is low cost and it is effective in detecting most of the conditions that make up CCHD.
