GRH performs amniocentesis to detect rare genetic disorders

Doctors at Government Rajaji Hospital has successfully performed amniocentesis procedure to detect potential genetic disorders in the foetus at around four months of pregnancy.

GRH Dean Arul Sundaresh Kumar, stated that carrier parents can pass on rare genetic disorders to their babies, but amniocentesis between 16-20 weeks can help identify the disease and possibilities in foetus in earlier part of pregnancy itself .

On October 24, 2025, a team comprising Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radiology, Paediatrics and Genetics doctors of GRH successfully conducted the first of this procedure and test through Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme, in around 18 weeks of pregnancy itself in a pregnant woman named Anita.