From next year, women with high-risk pregnancies will be able to take a free non-invasive test for Down’s syndrome at Hong Kong’s public hospitals, instead of having to pay HK$5,000 for it in the private sector.
World-renowned molecular scientist Dr Dennis Lo Yuk-ming, whose findings two decades ago led to the screenings being done globally today, said women whose initial ultrasound scans and blood tests suggest their unborn child is at risk of congenital abnormalities would get the...
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