Echocardiography by a neonatologist

Editor,—As to who should perform echocardiography,1 I report the experience of a neonatal intensive care unit in Townsville, 1500 km from the cardiac centre in Brisbane, Australia. Echocardiography is performed by a neonatologist using a Toshiba 140 with colour Doppler. There is ready access to the machine and it is used liberally to monitor sick babies, …