Good news for infertile couples in Lao Cai

In vitro fertilization technique performed at Lao Cai Province Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital opens up the opportunity to have children, the opportunity to become fathers and mothers for infertile couples in and outside Lao Cai province, contributing to bringing advanced technology to regions with the best living conditions, medical examination and treatment at reasonable costs.

Being recognized as a unit that is allowed to perform in vitro fertilization techniques is an important step forward in research and development of scientific progress in general and the field of assisted reproduction in particular.

Previously, with the desire to meet the increasing treatment needs of people and patients, especially infertile couples in Lao Cai and the Northwestern provinces, the Lao Cai Provincial Reproductive Support Center at Lao Cai Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital was established.

The center is invested in construction with the scale to become the most advanced Reproductive Support Center in the Northwest region; investing in synchronous, modern equipment and highly skilled human resources, trained and transferred techniques from experts of Hai Phong Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital.

Lao Cai Provincial Reproductive Support Center has 4 units, including: General Administration Department, Infertility Department - Premarital Counseling - Andrology, In Vitro Fertilization Department (IVF) and Reproductive Endocrinology Department. Human resources are sent for training, have practiced and been certified to have completed 20 cycles of in vitro fertilization.

In addition, it also provides enough human resources for emergency resuscitation, anesthesia and mental health examination. The center has invested in many modern equipment such as: CO2 incubator, incubator, sperm storage tank, centrifuge, frozen embryo storage tank, ultrasound machine with vaginal probe, inverted microscope, operating cabinet...

It is known that after nearly 1 month of being recognized by the Ministry of Health to perform in vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques, with the support of Hai Phong Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Lao Cai Provincial Reproductive Support Center, under the Provincial Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, has received infertility treatment for 23 cases, and currently 4 cases have undergone embryo transfer./.

Nguyen Hai

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