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(wz) A hospital in Ikeja, Lagos, St Ives Hospital, has successfully delivered its first In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) baby, a male, weighing 3.0kg. He was delivered after 37 weeks gestation period.
Speaking at the weekend on the breakthrough, Dr. Tunde Okewale, who led the delivery team, said IVF has become an acceptable method of assisting infertile couples.
The benefiting couple, it was gathered, had a few problems that had prevented them from having a baby, six years after they got married.
While the man had a low sperm count, the woman’s tube was suspected to have been blocked. But after undergoing fertility treatment, they now have their own baby.
Investigations revealed that Nigeria has about 12 IVF centres but the nation’s infrastructure problems have made it almost impossible for them to operate at their optimum.
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital is reputed to have pioneered advanced fertility treatment in 1989 but has no IVF centre. more…

From: »The Tide« (Nigeria)

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