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A team of doctors from Tu Du Hospital and Children’s Hospital 1 in Ho Chi Minh City perform a fetal intervention for a Singaporean mother who was referred by KK Hospital in Singapore. Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health
Tang Chi Thuong, director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that the mother had been diagnosed at KK Women's and Children's Hospital in Singapore.
Her fetus was found to have a severe congenital heart defect that carried a high risk of stillbirth.
Because the necessary procedure was not available in Singapore, the patient was transferred to Ho Chi Minh City for treatment
Ho Chi Minh City doctors perform life-saving fetal heart procedure for Singaporean mother
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Doctors from Tu Du Hospital and Children’s Hospital 1 in Ho Chi Minh City successfully performed on Wednesday a complex cardiac intervention on a 22-week-old fetus of a Singaporean expectant mother.

A team of doctors from Tu Du Hospital and Children’s Hospital 1 in Ho Chi Minh City perform a fetal intervention for a Singaporean mother who was referred by KK Hospital in Singapore. Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health
Tang Chi Thuong, director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that the mother had been diagnosed at KK Women's and Children's Hospital in Singapore.
Her fetus was found to have a severe congenital heart defect that carried a high risk of stillbirth.
Because the necessary procedure was not available in Singapore, the patient was transferred to Ho Chi Minh City for treatment