Spurt in IVF queries from elderly couples
08/09/2019 , G. Venkataramana Rao, Vijayawada
In-Vitro Fertility (IVF) centres in have seen a spurt in enquiries from “overaged couples” , putting doctors in a dilemma.
A doctor requesting anonymity told The Hindu that the new found interest may be the result of the successful conception by a 73-year-old woman who gave birth to twin girls at a hospital in Guntur on Thursday.
“The news seems to have kindled hope in the hearts of several elderly couples. Some of them are quite desperate, have started making enquiries again putting specialists in a spot,” said a doctor who runs an IVF centre.
The Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction (ISAR), Indian Fertility Society and the Academy of Clinical Embryologists in a joint statement on the Guntur case, “strongly condemned this act of mindless misuse of IVF technology”.
Between 18 and 45
According to the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2017, “The Assisted Reproduction Technology services shall not be available to a woman below the age of eighteen and above 45”.
IVF specialist at the Nova IVI Fertility Y. Swapna, who has worked at the Jessop Fertility Centre in Sheffield, U.K., said IVF centres needed proper regulation with qualified staff and required equipment.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HEFA) provided clear guidelines and if any centre was caught violating the guidelines, it would immediately be stripped of the licence, she said.
08/09/2019 , G. Venkataramana Rao, Vijayawada
In-Vitro Fertility (IVF) centres in have seen a spurt in enquiries from “overaged couples” , putting doctors in a dilemma.
A doctor requesting anonymity told The Hindu that the new found interest may be the result of the successful conception by a 73-year-old woman who gave birth to twin girls at a hospital in Guntur on Thursday.
“The news seems to have kindled hope in the hearts of several elderly couples. Some of them are quite desperate, have started making enquiries again putting specialists in a spot,” said a doctor who runs an IVF centre.
The Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction (ISAR), Indian Fertility Society and the Academy of Clinical Embryologists in a joint statement on the Guntur case, “strongly condemned this act of mindless misuse of IVF technology”.
Between 18 and 45
According to the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2017, “The Assisted Reproduction Technology services shall not be available to a woman below the age of eighteen and above 45”.
IVF specialist at the Nova IVI Fertility Y. Swapna, who has worked at the Jessop Fertility Centre in Sheffield, U.K., said IVF centres needed proper regulation with qualified staff and required equipment.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HEFA) provided clear guidelines and if any centre was caught violating the guidelines, it would immediately be stripped of the licence, she said.
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