An Australian clinic that makes in vitro fertilization (FIV) treatments admitted to being deceived in the embryo transferred to one of the treatments, which led a woman to give birth to someone else’s son.
“I would like to say that I am very sorry for what happened”, On Thursday, the director of the Monash IVF Clinic (Acronym in English for in vitro fertilization) of Brisbane, Michael Knaap, in a statement.
“We are all devastated at Monash IVF and apologize to everyone involved. We will continue to support patients during this extremely difficult period,” he noted.
However, on social networks, the company seems to have ignored the case: continues to make publications of other issues, without commenting on the controversy, and is annoying some netizens.
“Seriously this is the best you can put on your page right now?” Asks a user on Facebook.
A human error resulted in the “incorrect transfer” of the embryo from a patient to another woman, who later gave birth, said the company.
The error was discovered in February, when the child’s parents asked the other frozen embryos to be transferred to another clinic, having been found one more embryo than expected.
An investigation determined that an embryo of another patient had been “Incorrectly thawed” and transferred to the mother.+
The date of the incident was not specified, but “the investigation revealed that a human error occurred, despite the existence of rigorous laboratory safety protocols, including identification processes in various phases,” the statement says.
Monash IVF said it had notified the patients concerned within a week to apologize and offer support.
