Is your IVF Doctor taking you for a ride ?
Every IVF patient knows that finding
the right doctor can spell the difference between success and failure in their IVF
treatment. This is why they spend a lot of time and energy in trying to find
the right doctor . Part of the problem is that patients are not sophisticated
enough to be able to differentiate between good doctors and bad doctors . They will
often select a doctor based on his word-of-mouth reputation ; or because a
friend tells them that they got pregnant after taking IVF treatment with that
doctor; or after reading a newspaper article or full page advertisement about
the doctor. They conclude that the doctor must be good – and often it’s the
brand name of the doctor which sways them. Many
feel that because the clinic provides a five-star hospital setting , the doctor
must be technically competent.
While these are useful markers , the fact
remains that none of them is a reliable way of determining whether your doctor
is good or not. Sadly, there are still lots of IVF clinics which take their patients
for a ride . Even in a city like Mumbai, which has over 100 IVF clinics, only
20 have been registered with the ICMR so far !
Why are some IVF doctors bad ? A lot of doctors don't have enough experience
and expertise in doing IVF . They do it simply to augment their income . Others
want to provide this as an additional service for their patients , because
they do not want to lose the income which they would if they referred the the
patient to a...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: crooked doctor IVF cheat cheating IVF cheating doctor bad doctor Source Type: blogs
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