Free triSureFirst NIPT test for pregnant women at Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital

With the desire to support pregnant women in difficult circumstances in Nghe An province to access modern genetic testing methods, helping to effectively care for pregnancy; The program offers 100 free NIPT - triSureFirst tests to pregnant women visiting Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital.

Beneficiaries are pregnant women in difficult circumstances or with high-risk previous biochemical screening results who are supported with consultation to collect 10ml of blood for triSureFirst testing, helping to detect early the risk of the fetus having common and dangerous birth defects: Down, Edwards, Patau.

In case the pregnant woman receives a "positive" triSureFirst test result, she will be thoroughly counseled, and Gene Solutions will support the cost of amniocentesis/chorionic villus sampling for the pregnant woman at Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital and provide free CNVSure diagnostic genetic testing (analyzing abnormalities and structures on 23 pairs of chromosomes), to find the ultimate cause of genetic diseases for the pregnant woman.

The program will run from May 1, 2023 to August 31, 2023 and may end early if free samples run out.

Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital and Gene Solutions Company signed a memorandum of understanding to implement the free triSureFirst genetic testing program. Photo: PV

“The risk of the fetus having these chromosome abnormalities often increases with the mother's age. Pregnant women who give birth after the age of 35 are at high risk. However, it is worth noting that most children with Down syndrome are born to mothers under 35, because this is a group with a high fertility rate but they are subjective and do not do full prenatal screening,” emphasized Dr. Tang Xuan Hai, Director of Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital.

Pregnant women are advised to do NIPT testing at Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital. Photo: PV

Through this program, Gene Solutions also hopes to contribute to raising awareness among pregnant women in screening for congenital malformations in children and accompany obstetricians to make NIPT the first prenatal screening test for all pregnant women, popularizing the NIPT congenital malformation screening method, contributing to improving the quality of Vietnam's population./.