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Ramakrishna Hospital marks 40 years since South India’s first IVF baby
Ramakrishna Hospital marks 40 years since South India’s first IVF baby
Ramakrishna Hospital in Bengaluru is celebrating 40 years since the birth of South India's first IVF baby in 1985. The hospital's fertility centre, led by Dr. M. K. Sheshadri, has since helped…
Ramakrishna Hospital in Bengaluru is celebrating 40 years since the birth of South India's first IVF baby in 1985. The hospital's fertility centre, led by Dr. M. K. Sheshadri, has since helped thousands of families achieve parenthood through assisted reproductive technology.
The hospital continues to advance fertility care, offering treatments including IVF, ICSI, and egg freezing. It has a success rate of over 50% for IVF cycles and has delivered more than 10,000 babies through assisted conception over four decades.
Dr. Sheshadri noted that awareness about fertility treatments has grown, but stigma remains in rural areas. The centre now sees patients from across India and neighbouring countries, with plans to expand its research into genetic screening and fertility preservation.
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Forty years ago, India's first IVF baby was born in Kolkata, and Ramakrishna Hospital's achievement followed within a year, putting South India on the map for reproductive medicine. Today, the field has grown into a Rs 50,000-crore industry, yet access remains unequal: most IVF centres are in metros, and a single cycle costs Rs 1-2.5 lakh. The hospital's track record matters because the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act 2021 now mandates registration of all clinics and sets age limits for donors. The next milestone to watch is whether the hospital's planned genetic screening research can lower the rate of multiple births, a risk that the new law also tries to regulate.
Source: theprint.in
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