Test tube baby in pvt. hospital

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 28. A private hospital in the city has claimed to have successfully managed the birth of the South Kerala's first test tube baby using the `Blastocyst' culture technique.

The baby was born to Mr. S.H. Mallan (51), an employee of a private firm in Alappuzha, and Ms. R. Sukuntha (42), a Government employee. Mother and baby are safe, according to a release from Samad Hospital.

In blastocyst culture technique, the embryo is grown in the laboratory chambers for five days, instead of two-day period in conventional In Vitro Fertilization, before it is deposited in the uterus of the recipient woman. The mature embryo increases the chances of pregnancy.

So far, 10 test tube babies have been born at this hospital while another ten test tube pregnancies are in various stages of progress.

The team of doctors behind the IVF procedure are Dr. Sathy M. Pillai, Dr. Meera, Dr. Manjula and Dr. Raja Singh.

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