Aug 21 2014 : The Times of India (Delhi)
Infertility clinics multiply in India
Malathy.Iyer@timesgroup.com
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Mumbai:
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The rush to infertility clinics in the country grew annually at 15% between 2010 and 2012 as the number of such clinics rose by 20%, new statistics show.The data was collected by the Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction (ISAR) between 2010 and 2012 for the country's only voluntary registry of infertility clinics. Called the National ART Registry of India (NARI), the three-year data presents a snapshot of how Indians coped with the problem of infertility.
Karnataka leads the number of treatment cycles, followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Maharashtra is the leader in the number of clinics.
There is nothing to indicate a rise in the incidence of infertility in India. But the NARI data, said ISAR president Dr Hrishikesh Pai, shows there has been an increase in many newer tech niques: from using frozen embryos to adopting embryos to seeking surrogates.
Most Indians opting for assisted reproductive techniques --almost 64% -preferred to get pregnant using fresh embryos.
This involves women taking special drugs to stimulate ovaries to produce more eggs, which are recovered for fertilization in a petri-dish in a laboratory . The fresh embryos are then transferred into the woman's womb. The most significant aspect of the NARI data is the almost 66% increase in use of frozen embryos in the threeyear period of the study . This indicates that technologies for frozen embryo transfer are improving and patients are opting for frozen transfers without compromising their results,“ said Dr Hrishikesh Pai.
The number of couples seeking surrogacy has also gone up: about 44% from 2010 to 2012. “Many celebrities have spoken up about using surrogates. This has resulted in many Indian couples opening up to the idea of surrogacy, which until recently was only sought after by foreigners,“ said former ISAR president Dr Duru Shah, who flagged off the registry study .
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Karnataka leads the number of treatment cycles, followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Maharashtra is the leader in the number of clinics.
There is nothing to indicate a rise in the incidence of infertility in India. But the NARI data, said ISAR president Dr Hrishikesh Pai, shows there has been an increase in many newer tech niques: from using frozen embryos to adopting embryos to seeking surrogates.
Most Indians opting for assisted reproductive techniques --almost 64% -preferred to get pregnant using fresh embryos.
This involves women taking special drugs to stimulate ovaries to produce more eggs, which are recovered for fertilization in a petri-dish in a laboratory . The fresh embryos are then transferred into the woman's womb. The most significant aspect of the NARI data is the almost 66% increase in use of frozen embryos in the threeyear period of the study . This indicates that technologies for frozen embryo transfer are improving and patients are opting for frozen transfers without compromising their results,“ said Dr Hrishikesh Pai.
The number of couples seeking surrogacy has also gone up: about 44% from 2010 to 2012. “Many celebrities have spoken up about using surrogates. This has resulted in many Indian couples opening up to the idea of surrogacy, which until recently was only sought after by foreigners,“ said former ISAR president Dr Duru Shah, who flagged off the registry study .
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