People with deceased family members whose postmortems found a genetic mutation that might cause a hereditary heart disorder will be offered subsidised medical check-ups by the Department of Health.
A postmortem genetic test will also be offered in cases with unidentified causes of death after an autopsy, the department said on Tuesday.
The move, starting this month, came as a local study revealed that almost 30 per cent of people who died from sudden cardiac arrest carried a genetic mutation...
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