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