<p>The registration of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) clinics and ART centres, including sperm banks, will be made mandatory under the proposed regime. Even foreigner couples seeking a child through surrogacy and surrogate mothers will be listed in the registry.<br /><br />“The baseline data can be formed after gathering information on the number of clinics, centres, patients, conception, children born,” said Dr R S Sharma, Deputy Director General, Division of Reproductive Health and Nutrition, ICMR.<br /><br />He was speaking on the sidelines of Dr T C Anand Kumar Memorial Symposium here on Friday.<br />Sharma pointed out that there was no legal framework to govern the IVF clinics in India. However, the number of clinics have shot up to 1,000 from a mere 250 in the year 2002. The business has doubled to Rs 50,000 crore per annum in the last eight years. <br /><br />“The IVF clinics can be set up in district hospitals once the Bill is passed. I have been urging the government to recognise infertility as a disease akin to cardiovascular and neurological problems,” he added.<br /></p>
<p>The registration of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) clinics and ART centres, including sperm banks, will be made mandatory under the proposed regime. Even foreigner couples seeking a child through surrogacy and surrogate mothers will be listed in the registry.<br /><br />“The baseline data can be formed after gathering information on the number of clinics, centres, patients, conception, children born,” said Dr R S Sharma, Deputy Director General, Division of Reproductive Health and Nutrition, ICMR.<br /><br />He was speaking on the sidelines of Dr T C Anand Kumar Memorial Symposium here on Friday.<br />Sharma pointed out that there was no legal framework to govern the IVF clinics in India. However, the number of clinics have shot up to 1,000 from a mere 250 in the year 2002. The business has doubled to Rs 50,000 crore per annum in the last eight years. <br /><br />“The IVF clinics can be set up in district hospitals once the Bill is passed. I have been urging the government to recognise infertility as a disease akin to cardiovascular and neurological problems,” he added.<br /></p>
