Baby Christopher: An avoidable medical tragedy RTE1 Update
Baby Christopher:
An avoidable
medical tragedy
Update
Parents of Baby Christopher talking to Brendan O’Connor on RTE1
Saturday 28 AUG • 28 MINS • BRENDAN O’CONNOR RTE1 Podcast
Rebecca Price and Pat Kiely talk about the tragic loss of their baby.
RTE1 Podcast HERE
Harmony Test
“the test, while marketed at providing 99% accuracy, is only designed to identify a “high risk” of the presence of the trisomys. A follow-up invasive test is required for confirmation.
The devastated couple were asked to come in the following Monday for a chorionic villus sampling (CVS) test, which would provide a definitive diagnosis.
The CVS is one of two tests designed for this purpose. The other is amniocentesis, which is considered to be more accurate.”