The Ministry of Health requires compliance with regulations on assisted reproduction
Friday, July 6, 02 | 06:2023:08
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This requirement was made by the Ministry of Health in response to the situation of trading in sperm, ovum, embryo, surrogacy for commercial purposes in some localities.
The Ministry of Health requires the Departments of Health of the provinces, centrally-run cities and related units to comply with the legal provisions on reproductive support to prevent surrogacy for commercial purposes. gamete trafficking occurs in a health facility or acts of abetting, participating in an illegal ring.
The official dispatch of the Department of Maternal and Child Health stated that establishments need to review and develop additional anti-mistaken procedures, for all cases where it is necessary to identify patients to control confusion or fraud. change patient, sperm, ovum, embryo. In which, special attention should be paid to the following procedures: semen sampling; oocyte aspiration; embryo transfer; transporting and receiving sperm/ovum/embryo between hospitals; cases of surrogacy for humanitarian purposes.
Encourage hospitals to manage cases of sperm/oocyte/embryo/embryo donation/receipt, in vitro fertilization, surrogacy for humanitarian purposes on software that uses modern biometric identification techniques such as taking pictures of faces, fingerprints, irises to prevent confusion or patient swapping due to the use of fake documents.
In particular, carefully review the legality of surrogacy records for humanitarian purposes. For cases of surrogacy for humanitarian purposes and preimplantation genetic testing should be approved by the Professional Council and signed by the Hospital Leader to prevent commercial surrogacy and select Select the sex of the baby.
Establishments need to complete the process and strengthen internal inspection and supervision activities, to ensure that officials and employees do not participate in, get involved in, or abet the sperm/oocyte/embryo trafficking lines. , surrogacy or performing fetal sex selection; strictly handle employees who violate regulations.
It is necessary to closely coordinate with functional agencies to detect, prevent and handle according to law cases of surrogacy and fetal sex selection occurring in health facilities.
In case it is discovered that an officer or employee has made a mistake; Hospitals must immediately report to the Ministry of Health (Department of Maternal and Child Health, Department of Legal Affairs) for settlement according to their competence.
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