Lilith
12-15-2002, 09:32 PM
C. Shamsher
Chandigarh, December 13:
THERE could be an extreme shortage of sperm donors in the city, to go by their present strength and the increasing number of couples coming to various city hospitals and nursing homes due to infertility. More so as 20 per cent of them need donor insemination or intra-uterine insemination.
According to Dr Umesh Jindal at Chandigarh Medical Centre, though, 80 per cent of the infertile couples are able to have a child with a simple injection with natural insemination, 20 per cent need donors.
There are few centres where donor insemination is possible, two main centres being, CMC and Bedi Nursing Home at Sector 33.
According to Dr Jindal, 10 per cent of the newly married couples are infertile, and the reason for this is the increased levels of stress due to the urban lifestyle.
‘‘We take maximum care in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, such as screen the donor for HIV/AIDS. We also ensure that the donor is below 40 years of age, and a family man to ensure that screening is made easy.’’
While looking for a donor, the colour of the donor, his height and a couple of other details are taken care of, said Dr Jindal. Normally, these donors belong to the middle class and are professionals.
Dr Nirmal Bhasin, an embryologist said, ‘‘A donor is paid anything between Rs 250 to Rs 300, however, they take certain precautions, such as, a donor cannot make more than five donations due to social reasons.’’
So the advise by Dr Jindal to the aspiring parents is that, the best chance to have a child is below 30 years for women. And by the time you are 40 the chances of attaining motherhood are grim. Similarly, for men, alcohol, smoking and stress are three major reasons which contribute towards their low sperm count.
Assisted reproduction techniques
A one-day conference in Assisted Reproduction Techniques was recently held at PGI by CMC, Chandigarh. The main points discussed at the conference included advances in assisted techniques of reproduction.
Besides the scientific contents, deliberations upon the ethical and legal issues and the national guidelines in assisted reproduction being framed by the Indian Council of Medical Research, (ICMR). ICMR, in its draft document, has stressed the fact that mushrooming of ART clinics in the country with questionable services has resulted in patient exploitation.
There are also other specific issues such as:
1. Licencing and supervision of ART clinics and sperm-banks.
2. Third-party reproduction, such as, criteria for selection of oocyte and ovum donation; embryo-donation, surrogate motherhood, rights of children born through these procedures, etc.
Chandigarh, December 13:
THERE could be an extreme shortage of sperm donors in the city, to go by their present strength and the increasing number of couples coming to various city hospitals and nursing homes due to infertility. More so as 20 per cent of them need donor insemination or intra-uterine insemination.
According to Dr Umesh Jindal at Chandigarh Medical Centre, though, 80 per cent of the infertile couples are able to have a child with a simple injection with natural insemination, 20 per cent need donors.
There are few centres where donor insemination is possible, two main centres being, CMC and Bedi Nursing Home at Sector 33.
According to Dr Jindal, 10 per cent of the newly married couples are infertile, and the reason for this is the increased levels of stress due to the urban lifestyle.
‘‘We take maximum care in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, such as screen the donor for HIV/AIDS. We also ensure that the donor is below 40 years of age, and a family man to ensure that screening is made easy.’’
While looking for a donor, the colour of the donor, his height and a couple of other details are taken care of, said Dr Jindal. Normally, these donors belong to the middle class and are professionals.
Dr Nirmal Bhasin, an embryologist said, ‘‘A donor is paid anything between Rs 250 to Rs 300, however, they take certain precautions, such as, a donor cannot make more than five donations due to social reasons.’’
So the advise by Dr Jindal to the aspiring parents is that, the best chance to have a child is below 30 years for women. And by the time you are 40 the chances of attaining motherhood are grim. Similarly, for men, alcohol, smoking and stress are three major reasons which contribute towards their low sperm count.
Assisted reproduction techniques
A one-day conference in Assisted Reproduction Techniques was recently held at PGI by CMC, Chandigarh. The main points discussed at the conference included advances in assisted techniques of reproduction.
Besides the scientific contents, deliberations upon the ethical and legal issues and the national guidelines in assisted reproduction being framed by the Indian Council of Medical Research, (ICMR). ICMR, in its draft document, has stressed the fact that mushrooming of ART clinics in the country with questionable services has resulted in patient exploitation.
There are also other specific issues such as:
1. Licencing and supervision of ART clinics and sperm-banks.
2. Third-party reproduction, such as, criteria for selection of oocyte and ovum donation; embryo-donation, surrogate motherhood, rights of children born through these procedures, etc.