IVF scams - and how to protect yourself

It is very disappointing to see the cluelessness most IVF patients have about what happens in the IVF lab. Sometimes, as with any biological system, things do not work out as expected – for example, the sperm may fail to fertilise any of the eggs, and this is called total failure of fertilisation. It is important for the doctor to take responsibility in such cases and be open and transparent with the patient, so he can troubleshoot the problem and offer a solution. Unfortunately , most IVF doctors are completely unaware of IVF lab procedures . They are clinicians, trained as gynecolgists , and they leave all the work to the embryologist. This works well  if the lab has a full time qualified embryologist, but most IVF clinics in India cannot afford this luxury, and are forced to depend upon travelling embryologists, or poorly qualified lab technicians.Every step in the IVF lab is important to achieve the desired result. Sadly, there are many poorly qualified and inexperienced embryologists . While they can manage simple IVF cases, they may not know how to work with challenging patients . For example, they many not be able to handle testicular sperm, and will often tell these patients that they are better off using donor sperm. They will cook up all kinds of pretexts and excuses, to cover up their incompetence. Thus, when patients have lots of spare embryos, rather than freezing them for her, they will lie and tell them that the pregnancy rates with frozen embryos are po...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Source Type: blogs