Summary:
Background: Birth defects are an important contributors
to infant mortality rate among all racial or ethnic groups
Objectives: The present study was undertaken to document
the frequency and pattern of congenital anomalies among
the newborn delivered at Dhaka Medical College and
Hospital.
Methodology: This was a cross sectional study done over
2000 live born babies during January, 2008 –
December,2008 in the department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. After
delivery all the live born babies were examined clinically