Harley Street Women’s clinic in health scare
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One of the top fertility clinics in Britain suffered a health scare Sunday night after it was discovered that unsafe and unscreened donor sperm was used to produce test tube babies.
The sperm was found to have a genetic abnormality in it that would raise the risk of having a child with health problems or a miscarriage.
The health scare occurred at the Harley Street London Women’s Clinic, which failed to follow fertility guidelines that all sperm be screened before it is used.
As a result of the mistake, which occurred earlier in 2009, at least one couple is thought to have had a miscarriage.
The patient anonymously stated to the press that the occurrence has left behind a ‘bitter taste.’
The couple was forced to destroy 22 embryos that were fertilized with the sperm after paying £15,000 initially for the treatment. The clinic paid the couple to have another round of the fertility treatment completed overseas.
It is estimated that up to 11 women may have had their embryos created with the unsafe sperm.
The HFEA confirmed that the LWC was the site of the blunder and stated that after the discovery the clinic was forced to cease its use of donor sperm until all stored samples were checked.
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