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Closed Jacob’s Law: compulsory free internal organ scanning for 0-3 year olds

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Routine free internal organ scanning/screenings for 0-3 year olds needed to ensure that those at risk of diseases, like Chronic Kidney Disease, are picked up and treated as early as possible.

To include the main bodily organs like the kidneys, lungs, heart, brain, stomach, bowels, intestines, liver, etc. Many people develop complications with their organs, which could have been detected from birth. Jacob’s Law will encourage vital screening and ensure treatment is administered at the earliest diagnostic point.

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