Care Clinic

Care Clinic

C.A.R.E Clinic is the “brain child” of Dr Ramdeo which was established in 1994 as the first independent freehold private infertility unit in KwaZulu-Natal. This establishment was initially based in Westville Hospital, where Doctor Ramdeo, with this help of his embryologist, Sandy Slogrove, provided a new solution to patients struggling with infertility. This clinic was the first exclusive and in-house facility which laid the foundation for a long-standing, fully equipped and smooth-running clinic which has serviced many infertility patients to date. Care Clinic had been known to provide the latest in fertility services to its patients. A new screening tool , known as FISH, had emerged in the Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS) field. Dr Ramdeo, together with Kinnon Naidoo, established a dedicated lab to screen embryos for Whole Chromosomal Genetic abnormalities. Not long after, a similar, more advanced technique for PGS, known as Array CGH, was established. The Care Genetics department then equipped their lab to provide the latest Genetic screening services. Care Clinic became the first in South Africa to provide Array CGH and went on to achieve the very first Array CGH pregnancy and Array CGH baby to be born in South Africa, as well as in Africa in 2010. 

Array CGH, a more advanced technique at the time, allowed Care clinic to expand the services offered by the Genetics lab. A family beset with recurrent miscarriage and mental handicap due to a chromosomal disorder, came to Care in search of help. This case was different from others – A three-way translocation that could be passed on to offspring. Although complicated, the Care team rallied together to find a solution. Using Array CGH, along with a specifically manipulated kit and protocol, the team was able to screen embryos for this translocation. Affected embryos were excluded and euploid embryos were selected, transferred and progressed to a successful pregnancy and live birth. ( Link to News Article: Live birth from a patient with a three-way balanced translocation)