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The corona virus epidemic also slowed down the in vitro fertilization program, which has been halted twice since March.
Under normal circumstances, about 4,600 state-funded procedures were performed annually in state clinics and private hospitals, and in the first eight months of this year about 2,000 IVFs were performed.
After a month’s break, the IVF clinic and the Commission started working.
The Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic in Visegradska says that the biomedical assisted fertilization procedures almost did not stop working and that they had a break of only seven to ten days.
“When the instruction came from the Ministry of Health that the program should be suspended, due to the epidemiological situation, we had to complete a certain number of couples and certain procedures that were started so that ovarian stimulation was not in vain”, explains the director from the Visegrad Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic. . Aleksandar Stefanović.
He explains that in the couples that were in the process, the embryos were frozen and they were allowed to wait for the work to resume. The clinic started with the program on Monday and the procedures started will continue first.
“As for the commissions that approve these procedures, we don’t stop doing that, they just worked at a slower pace. Now the interest of couples has increased so that we have two or three times the commissions that we had only once before” Stefanović said.
He stressed that under normal circumstances, 700 to 800 OMCs are held annually in Visegradska, that there will surely be fewer this year, but that they will try their best.
Since June 15 this year, the state has increased the age limit of women from 42 to 43 for the WTO, an unlimited number of stimulated IVF has been provided for the first child, commission work has been simplified to the maximum, so now couples go to a single commission.
The director of the Republic Health Insurance Fund, Sanja Radojević Škodrić, says that the insured who turned 43, during the month of interruption of the procedure, did not lose anything.
“They will be able to do all the exams and tests in the next month, and if they have a problem, they will be tolerated beyond that. Also, tests that have expired during that break extend the validity period,” Skodric said.
It emphasizes that no one will be denied the right to the WTO due to the corona virus epidemic, and that all will be taken care of.
In the office of the director of RHIF the telephone number 064 8522 537 has been opened, to which couples can go if they have difficulties in exercising all their rights regarding biomedical assisted fertilization or if there is a misunderstanding due to new expanded rights.
Škodrić says that under normal circumstances, the RHIF covered around 4,600 OMCs in state and private healthcare institutions, while this year around 2,000 procedures have been performed so far.
“We are working to comply with the maximum number of planned procedures. If there is a second wave of coronavirus, we plan to organize the work of the profession in some way and not to interrupt the IVF procedure. Of course, all couples, all future mothers they are aware of the risks. ” Škodrić stated.
The president of the Association “Chance for Parenthood”, Sandra Jovanović, says that it is commendable that couples now have an unlimited number of IVF procedures for the first child and that the age limit for women has been moved from 42 to 43 years.
“Cryo-embryo transfers have also been funded (three cryo-embryo transfers for the first child and one cryo-embryo transfer for the second child). However, couples diagnosed with azoospermia are still excluded from funding even if they have frozen material (sperm) that can be used for fertilization in clinics, “he said. it’s her.
He states that the problem is that there is no state registry that shows how many couples in Serbia face the problem of infertility, how many of them have to undergo in vitro fertilization and how many babies are born annually thanks to that procedure.
In Europe, one in six couples faces the problem of infertility and the situation is estimated to be similar in Serbia.
“We help everyone to find the easiest way to be parents, legislative, administrative, psychological and informative. We invite all who have any questions to contact us at the national toll free number 0800 333 030 if they have any questions on the treatment of infertility, “he concluded. it’s her.
(Kurir.rs/Tanjug)
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