Director Liu Shumin lowered her head and used feminine delicacy to search for wild cats bit by bit, even the gaps between the beds.

Chen Qi, on the other hand, looked at the newborns in the incubator, one by one.

Firstly, as the dean, I wanted to inspect the department, and secondly, I also wanted to see if these babies were "suspected of committing crimes."

The neonatal intensive care unit was very quiet. Others were watching the actions of Director Chen and the three of them through the glass. To prevent cross-infection, too many people could not enter the intensive care unit at once.

Half an hour later, Huang Qiming smacked his lips:

"Tou Chen, I don't seem to have found anything suspicious. Let alone a wild cat, not even a mosquito can fly in."

At this time, Director Liu Shumin also straightened up. Because he was a little dizzy after squatting for a long time, he supported a ventilator next to him, but accidentally dropped a glass bottle to the ground.

There was a bang~~~, which was extremely loud in the silent neonatal intensive care unit.

Wow~~~Wow~~~Wow~~~

It was better now. The little babies in the incubator who were originally dizzy were so frightened that they all started crying.

Head nurse Ren quickly walked in and followed Director Liu to comfort the child.

Chen Qi was also at a loss. 30 babies cried loudly at the same time. The sound was the same as that of 3,000 little ducks at the scene. Chen Qi was so frightened that he was about to leave quickly.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As soon as Chen Qi walked to the door, he suddenly paused. Section Chief Huang Qiming behind asked:

"Dean, what's wrong?"

"Wait a minute, listen, listen carefully, is there a sound of a kitten meowing?"

Chen Qi suddenly turned his head and looked at the 30 incubators in front of him.

All four people in the intensive care unit were stunned there, with their ears pricked up, which made the doctors and nurses outside extremely curious and talking about it:

"Ah, look, are the dean and the others possessed by evil spirits? Why are they not moving?"

"Yeah, it's so weird. On one side is a crying baby, and on the other side are four wooden figures. Is this ghost so powerful that it can come out in broad daylight?"

"It's over, it's over. I heard that evil things are most likely to appear during construction projects. Isn't there a building being built next to us?"

People outside were horrified, but people inside could already hear the difference.

Head nurse Ren's eyes suddenly lit up. Although she didn't say anything, she waved her hand in a hurry and clicked on an incubator not far away.

Chen Qi understood instantly, walked lightly and walked as quickly as possible to the incubator indicated by the head nurse. Four adults surrounded him, holding their breath.

Sure enough, after a while, I heard a very slight meow from inside the incubator.

Meow~~meow~~

Head nurse Ren immediately covered her mouth, unable to hide the surprise on her face.

Director Liu has become well-informed, and now his mouth is wide open and cannot be closed for a long time:

"This, this, how come this child's cry sounds like a cat meowing?"

Chen Qi was also full of curiosity, "Quickly, open the lid of the incubator and listen carefully."

Director Liu and Head Nurse Ren quickly opened the lid after hearing this. The baby inside might not be used to it and started crying again:

Meow~~meow~~~

Now the four people heard it really clearly.

While others were still surprised, Chen Qi saw a problem.

I saw that the head of this little baby was obviously larger than that of other babies. The key is the face. You can clearly see the appearance of a full moon face, and the width between the eyes seems to be relatively large.

This appearance is very similar to that of a sugar baby.

Down syndrome babies, also known as congenitally stupid babies, clinically refer to children with Down syndrome, also known as children with 21-trisomy syndrome.

Babies already have obvious special looks when they are born.

The symptoms include wide distance between the eyes, small eye fissures, upward slanting of the outer side of the eyes, epicanthal folds, low and flat nose, small and round ears, excessive folding of the upper edge of the auricle, and the tongue often sticking out of the mouth.

Hu Yizhou, hailed as a "genius conductor" by the media, is a typical Tang Baobao.

The special faces of these children can be identified at a glance, as all children look the same.

Chen Qi's mind was like a computer, and he immediately began to try to remember. Did this baby Tang have any clinical manifestations that were like a cat's meowing?

Director Liu was really surprised and said to himself:

"I have been a doctor for decades, and this is the first time I have heard a baby cry like a cat meowing. Dean Chen, you are well-informed. Do you think this child's cat meowing is normal or abnormal?"

Chen Qi came back to his senses, looked at the child in the incubator and shook his head:

"It's hard to tell if it's just a cat meowing, but look at this little baby's appearance. I suspect this is a child with Down syndrome. Call the parents quickly."

"Down syndrome? Oh my god, that means giving birth to a fool."

The incidence rate of Down syndrome is between 1/800-1/1000, but this data is for 2020.

In 1990, when there was a lack of prenatal diagnosis and examination, this figure was between 1/300-1/600, which was still quite high.

Down syndrome is a serious chromosomal malformation that can cause physical and intellectual development disorders. Therefore, in Chen Qi's previous life, pregnant women had to undergo a Down syndrome screening during pregnancy.

If Down syndrome is present, doctors will recommend that pregnant women give up the fetus and undergo induction of labor.

In early pregnancy, you also need to do NT examination, that is, through B-ultrasound examination. If the thickness of the translucency in the fetal neck exceeds 2.5mm, the probability of Down syndrome will be higher.

In the second trimester of pregnancy, which is between 14 and 21 weeks, go to the hospital for Down syndrome screening, which is a blood test. The doctor will evaluate the pregnant woman based on her gestational age, age, weight, and fetal size.

If Down syndrome screening is high-risk, doctors will recommend that pregnant women do non-invasive DNA or amniocentesis to diagnose whether the fetus has Down syndrome.

This is how to take precautions, but no one can guarantee 100% in medicine, and many Tang babies are still born and become a burden to their families.

By 2020, there will be more than 600,000 Down syndrome patients in my country, with an average of one child born every 20 minutes, which means about 26,000 Down syndrome patients will be born every year.

The baby's parents were quickly found.

Chen Qi looked at the young parents in front of him and felt a little unbearable, but as a doctor, he still had to make it clear:

"You are the parents of baby No. 12 in the incubator, right? The father's name is Wang Xingping, and the mother's name is Feng Meili, right?"

"Ah, ah, yes, my name is Wang Xingping, this is my wife Feng Meili, doctor, did the child have any accident?"

The child's father looked very young, probably in his early twenties, and his face looked very anxious at this time.

My child was sent to the neonatal intensive care unit as soon as he was born. The whole family was already frightened about the incubator. Now that the doctor suddenly called him, there was no good outcome after thinking about it.

The young mother of the child was so anxious that she wiped away tears.

Chen Qi coughed lightly:

"The baby's current condition is stable, but we have made another major discovery. If nothing goes wrong, the baby you give birth to should be a Tang baby."

"Tang Baobao? What is Tang Baobao?"

This young couple has question marks on their faces, but just hearing the name is quite interesting.

"Baby Tang's other name is congenital stupidity, which means there is a high probability that your baby will be an intellectually defective child."

"What?"

The young couple was shocked, and then everyone was dumbfounded: "How could this happen? How could this happen?"

They did not doubt the doctor's judgment, but they simply could not accept the consequences.

"Doctor, are you sure my son is born a fool? What causes this?"

Chen Qi shook his head:

"How it happens specifically, let's describe it this way, we normal people all have 46 pairs of chromosomes. If a child suddenly has an extra chromosome, problems will arise.

Now that the child is still young, it is not difficult for me to determine it. I can only judge based on his appearance. If I want to confirm the diagnosis, I need to do a genetic test."

The mother of the child was anxious: "Doctor, if it is confirmed that the baby is Tang, can this disease be cured?"

Chen Qi shook his head silently.

The child's father gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, doctor, can you do some genetic testing for us? How much will it cost?"

"Well, the cost of genetic testing is quite expensive, because we can't do it in China at present, and we need to get it tested abroad. However, because of Baby Tang's special situation, we only need them to do the 21st chromosome, so the cost can be much cheaper, but the conversion

It also costs about 20,000 RMB."

"20,000 is 20,000. Doctor, please help us get tested."

20,000 yuan in 1990 was definitely a huge amount of money for ordinary people. One could buy a house in Yuezhong City.

After receiving the patient's assurance, the Vietnam Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital immediately took the baby's blood and mailed it by air to Japan for testing by Sysmex.

When I got the results a week later, I was shocked.

The child's chromosome 21 is normal, so the possibility of having a Tang baby can be ruled out.

While this result made the child's parents happy, it also made Chen Qi think deeply and couldn't help but doubt his own judgment.

Not Trisomy 21?

Is it trisomy 13? Trisomy 8? Trisomy 9?

Dean Chen started to have a headache, but one thing he was sure of was that there was definitely something wrong with this child.
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