CUMH joins international study on pregnancy testing

CORK University Maternity Hospital is playing a leading role in an international study on developing tests that can identify pregnant women at risk of serious pregnancy complications.

Doctors, scientists and midwives from New Zealand, Australia, Britain the United States are also involved in the SCOPE study. Ireland is the largest single contributor.

Over the next three years, 3,000 women from the Munster region will take part, bringing the total number of women participating globally to 10,000.