UAE needs more fertility centres
(sz) There is an urgent need for more fertility centres to meet the increase in the number of infertility cases in the country, said a senior Ministry of Health official yesterday.
Talking to Khaleej Times on the sidelines of the conference on the recent advances in fertility treatment organised by the conference secretariat of the Gulf Medical College (GMC), Ajman, Dr Kalthoom Hassan, consultant family physician and Head of the Maternal and Child Health Centre, Ras Al Khaimah Medical District, MoH, said the incidences of infertility were rapidly increasing in the country.
The conference was attended by Hamad Taryem Al Shamsi, Head of Ajman Medical District, and was held in association with Gunasheela IVF Centre, Bangalore.
“There is an urgent need for more fertility centres all over the country. At present, there is one in Dubai, but that is not enough to meet the requirements of the people in the northern emirates,” she said. more…
From: »Khaleej Times«