Künstliche Befruchtung: Frau bekommt in Italien falschen Embryo eingesetzt
Zwei Paare hoffen in Mailand darauf, mit Hilfe der Medizin ein Kind zu bekommen. Bei der Behandlung im Krankenhaus kommt es jedoch zu einer Verwechslung.
In Italy, a woman received the wrong embryo during an artificial insemination procedure at the prestigious San-Raffaele Hospital in Milan. This error occurred last month when two couples were awaiting the transfer of a fertilized egg in a laboratory. According to a report by the daily newspaper "La Repubblica" on Saturday, the woman who was first in line was mistakenly given an embryo from the second couple.
It appears that the names of the two women were mixed up. In response to the Health Authorities' instructions, all such procedures at the clinic were temporarily halted to investigate the cause of the mistake before resuming. The report mentioned that the error was noticed just eight minutes after the procedure began on July 23rd.
The first woman was correctly implanted with her own embryo, but the second woman received the embryo from the other couple. The mistake was detected within eight minutes of the procedure, as one of the two biologists double-checked the name. The incorrect embryo was then aspirated, and the correct embryo from the first couple was preserved.
On average, an embryo successfully implants in about 30 to 40 percent of such transplantation cases. In Italy, over 80,000 couples attempt artificial insemination each year to conceive a child. The other couple, from whom the implanted embryo originated, had a second embryo transferred that day, and it was confirmed to be from the same couple.
The doctors initially informed the couples about the error to avoid emotional and psychological stress during the days when embryo transfer could take place. The second couple was later informed about the mistake as well.
Written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — it may contain errors, so check the original before relying on it.
