FCRF gets involved in a number of community service programs,
some of them worth mentioning are...
Free pregnancy scans for the underprivileged.
Diagnostic investigations including bio-chemical assays,
ultrasound, ECHO, MRI/CT etc for children suffering from
specific genetic conditions.
Follow up & treatment for children with rare disorders.
Prenatal diagnostic procedures-chorionic villi
sampling /amniocentesis for families having affected children
to rule out the problem in the fetus.
Intra uterine transfusion for deserving pregnant mothers
who have Rh incompatibility.
Follow up clinics for babies found positive for Congenital
hypothyroidism (CH) and Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
on Newborn Screening
Creating awareness among the masses about birth defects
and how to prevent them, through various visual and print
media.
"FCRF
has entered into a partnership program with the ROTARY CLUB
OF MADRAS METRO, Chennai on a long term basis to suppport the
activites of BDRI and the Support Group for MPS."
