Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Medical Tourism in India

Today India is atracting a huge crowd f childless couples from overseas for low cost treatment and friendly rules in terms of egg donors and surrogate motherhood. As per Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction, there are some 400 IVF clinics in the country, providing an estimated 30,000 assisted reproductive treatments a year.

In America, a full IVF cycle costs around 12,500 dollars, which in India costs around 4,500 dollars. Only cost is not the only factor, lack of rules and regulations in this context is equally considerable factor. In India, there are no restrictions on egg donation

In Britain, the British Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has outlawed payments to surrogates and British IVF clinics allow doctors to implant only two embryos into the uterus in a treatment. In India, five implants are allowed, substantially increasing the chances of pregnancy, and there is no shortage of egg donors.

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