Ayu: February 28 this year marks the 14th International Day for Rare Diseases. In order to help more families with rare diseases give birth to healthy babies, block the transmission of genetic diseases in these families, reduce birth defects, break the genetic curse, and make every life perfect, the Reproductive Medicine Center of Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital and the China Primary Health Care Foundation Love Unlimited Health Charity Fund "No Longer Left Behind" public welfare assistance project to find infertility families in Hong Kong City, and those who meet the conditions can receive up to 15,000 yuan in funding through the third generation of IVF technology diagnosis and treatment.
Waiting area of the Department of Reproductive Medicine, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital
Rare diseases are diseases with very low incidence and are rare, so they are also called "orphan diseases". The World Health Organization defines rare diseases as diseases or lesions that affect 0.65-1‰ of the total population, and about 5000-6000 rare diseases have been confirmed so far. Rare diseases often progress rapidly and have a high mortality rate, with only about 1% of rare diseases having effective treatment. Once diagnosed, patients and families face enormous medical, life and financial stress for the rest of their lives.
Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Reproductive Medicine Department Outpatient Waiting Area
Many rare diseases are caused by chromosomal or genetic defects, and rare disease patients with genetic-related defects are difficult to treat and will bring huge burdens to families and society, so it is crucial to prevent birth defects from genetic diseases. The third generation of IVF technology can block the transmission of genetic diseases again with the help of single gene disease detection before embryo implantation, and help more families with a family history of genetic diseases to have healthy babies. Bao Hongchu, director of the Department of Reproductive Medicine of Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, introduced that the "No Longer Rare" public welfare assistance project is mainly aimed at couples who are patients with genetic diseases or rare diseases who have given birth, miscarried children with genetic diseases, fetuses, and families with genetic diseases, etc. Both husband and wife have the subjective willingness or need to use the third generation of IVF technology to help, and families with low incomes can apply for assistance. Eligible families can contact the Department of Reproductive Medicine of Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, submit relevant materials under the guidance of medical staff, and wait for the results of the review. It is reported that the Department of Reproductive Medicine of Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital is also the only reproductive medicine center in Yanwei area that is qualified to participate in this public welfare assistance project.
Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Reproductive Medicine Department Officiation Department of the corridor
The reason why we can find this rare "good pregnancy" fund for infertile families is inseparable from the efforts of the Department of Reproductive Medicine of Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital for many years to focus on the needs of patients and continuously explore the field of reproductive medicine.
Medical staff of the Department of Reproductive Medicine, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital
Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Reproductive Medicine Department to high and new technology as the leading idea, to assisted reproductive technology and endoscopic minimally invasive surgery as the leading concept, over the years a large number of cutting-edge, advanced assisted reproductive technology have filled the blank in the field of reproductive medicine in Yantai City and even Jiaodong area. The clinical pregnancy rate of fresh cycle transplantation in the standard population of the center has approached 65%, ranking the forefront of the success rate of fertility assistance in China, and more than 12,000 IVF babies have been successfully born.
On April 22, 2021, the Department of Reproductive Medicine of Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital successfully passed the qualification review of preimplantation genetic diagnosis technology (PGT, the third generation of IVF technology) organized by the National Health Commission, which means that the Department of Reproductive Medicine of Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital became the first and only medical institution in Yanwei that can simultaneously carry out the first, second and third generation of "IVF" technology, which is an important milestone in the development of the Department of Reproductive Medicine in Yantai and even in Yanwei Region. It marks a new level of reproductive medicine in Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital.
It is reported that up to now, more than 40 couples with genetic defects have been fertilized through the third-generation IVF technology in Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, and the clinical pregnancy rate of patients undergoing embryo transfer is close to 70%.