Fertility treatment ma e a or able
IVFKASIH will be opening its first clinic in Shah Alam, Selangor, mid- September. Set to revolutionise the fertility scene in Malaysia, IVFkasih is aimed at reaching out to more childless couples, allowing them to be treated at a younger age with less delay.
Currently, in vitro fertilisation ( IVF) treatment in Malaysia is mostly funded by couples themselves and it is a category of treatment that falls outside insurance coverage.
Although government- funded IVF treatments are available, they are insufficient in meeting the demands of Malaysians.
Subfertility affects one in every 10 couples worldwide. The cost of IVF treatments in Malaysia can reach RM25,000, which is enough to deter many childless workingclass couples from seeking IVF treatment. Most will have to save for years to seek a single IVF cycle.
In general, one in 10 couples grapple with some form of fertility issues. While there is no data available for Malaysia, it is estimated that about 800,000 couples have subfertility.
In developed countries, the prevalence seems to be higher – about one in six couples. This is possibly due to lifestyle changes and couples starting families late.
IVFkasih’s low- cost IVF programme employs an innovatively different approach to treatment, thus reducing cost while maintaining success rates comparable to the standard IVF programme.
Its full- service IVF programme includes low- intensity ovarian stimulation, monitoring, clinical and laboratory procedures, which are outsourced to Sunfert International’s dedicated team of fertility specialists and embryology laboratory to ensure a proper environment for the growth of the fertilised eggs to generate good pregnancy rates.
IVFkasih’s full- service IVF programme includes: First consultation Stimulation phase Monitoring Egg collection Embryology laboratory procedures Freezing of embryos Embryo transfer Pregnancy test
For more information, call 03- 5511 3211 or e- mail info@ kasih. com.