Mumbai: New IVF centre to cut infertility treatment cost

Mumbai: In a bid to make infertility treatment accessible to a larger section of the childless couples, the public trust Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity Hospital has opened a in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) centre in Mumbai that could dramatically bring down the cost of infertility treatment.

The “Wadia Assisted Reproduction Technology Centre” recently inaugurated by Maharashtra Health Minister Deepak Sawant is the first such public trust hospital in Maharashtra, an official statement said.

“It is disheartening to see that nearly 20 percent of married couples in India are afflicted with the problem of infertility and require medical assistance for a successful childbearing. The magnitude of the problem is therefore quite large,” health minister Sawant said on the occasion.

“Moreover, infertility is prevalent in all classes of society and affects both – the rich as well as the economically challenged with equal frequency. We applaud this noble initiative undertaken by the hospital and trust that this will prove as a boon to the poor strata of childless parents,” Sawant noted.