Fetal Care
Research Foundation (FCRF) is a not-for-profit charitable
trust instituted by Dr. S. Suresh as an integral part of Mediscan
Systems, an ultrasound diagnostic center for fetal care. Since
its inception in 1993, FCRF has been involving in clinical
research and subsequently developing strategies for preventive,
curative and supportive management of birth defects.
The Birth Defects
Registry of India (BDRI) is the incorporated unit of
FCRF, founded in the year 2001, to document
the incidences of birth defects in India. The
estimated baseline prevalence of birth defects would
facilitate the concerned authorities evolve appropriate
strategies to prevent birth defects in the nation. Birth
Defect / congenital anomaly has a wide spectrum, ranging
from mild, manageable ones to severe unmanageable ones.
FCRF has commissioned
a Support Group for MPS for the first time in India
in the year 2003. The support group provides its members
the best possible supportive care to children afflicted
with Lysosomal Storage disorders like Mucopolysaccharidoses
/ Mucilipidoses, Gaucher, Fabry & Pompe
disorders. The support group organizes annual multi-specialty
clinic and also a few special clinics for MPS
and metablolic disorders every year.
FCRF is also involving 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."
