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ICMR to launch National Registry for ART Clinics in India soon
March 27, 2012, 0800 IST
Even as the government is formulating the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill (ART Bill) to regulate thousands of infertility clinics that have mushroomed in the country over the years, the union health ministry has launched the process of putting in place a comprehensive and authentic central database about the number of such clinics in the country.
As the first stage of the project, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is setting up a National Registry of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Clinics in India with a view to providing appropriate help and assistance to all those who are engaged in taking care of infertility problems in the country.
The ART clinics who are engaged in taking care of infertility problems in the country through the practice of any of the 12 techniques should register with the ICMR’s National Registry of ART Clinics in India. These techniques include Artificial Insemination with Husband’s Semen (AIH), Artificial Insemination with Donor Semen (AID), Intra-uterine Insemination using Husband Semen (IUI-H), Intra-uterine Insemination using Donor Semen (IUI-D) and In vitro Fertilization-Embryo Transfer (IVF).
The list of techniques also include Gamete Intrafallopian Tube Transfer (GIFT), Tubal Embryo Transfer (TET), Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), Percutaneous Epididymal Sperm Aspiration (PESA), Testicular Sperm Aspiration (TESA), Testicular Sperm Extraction (TESE) and Processing or storage of gametes (sperm and oocyte) and or embryos.
Dr R S Sharma, Dy Director General (SG) of the ICMR said that the ICMR has invited all those engaged in using any of the above mentioned procedures to be a part of the registry. Each registrant will be given a Unique Registration No. by the ICMR, which could be used by the registrant in any legitimate purpose.
The ICMR has launched the project as thousands of infertility clinics have mushroomed in the country over the last some years and the government does not have an authentic data about the number of infertility clinics in the country.
