Hospital in ’scramble’ over fertilized ova mix-up
(sz) A mix-up at the Herzliya Medical Center involving three women whose ova were fertilized by the wrong donated sperm could have been prevented if the women had asked for supervision of the in-vitro fertilization by experts from Jerusalem’s Puah Institute.
A routine examination at the private hospital in Herzliya on Friday showed that fertilized ova were apparently exposed to sperm from another man. Last week, three women came to the center to have their ova fertilized via micromanipulation, in which individual sperm are inserted into ova in a tiny hole in the outside “crust” created by a chemical or physical process. This process is required if the sperm are not very motile.
The hospital staff themselves discovered the human error, in which the ova were placed in a Petri dish containing motile sperm from another donor. more…
From: »The Jerusalem Post« (health.jpost.com)