Triplets delivered at Fertility Centre

Nawaloka Hospital PLC, a pioneer amongst private sector healthcare providers, fulfilled the dreams of one of their patients when they enabled the happy couple to give birth to triplets subsequent to the In Vitro Fertilization technique performed at the Nawaloka Fertility Centre. Consultant Gynaecologist and ART specialist from India, Dr. (Mrs) Nanditha Thakkar, said that this was a great achievement for the Hospital and she stressed the fact that parents who experienced problems in starting a family, could now fulfil their dreams at the Nawaloka Fertility Centre, without having to incur the expense of going overseas.

"The triplets, two boys and a girl, were delivered by Caesarian section at the hospital's new Obstetrics operating theatre and are doing well to date, over 3 months since their birth", said Dr. Thakkar.

The team responsible for this achievement included Dr Thakkar, Dr. Vijith Vidyabushana, Consultant Gynaecologist, as well as the doctors and staff of the Fertility Unit. "We are fully equipped to deal with all techniques of assisted reproduction from simple IUI (Intra Uterine Insemination) to advanced techniques of IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) + ICSI (Intra - Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection)", said Dr. Thakkar. "We also do blastocyst culture - an advanced embryo development in indicated cases where there is a facility for freezing gametes - sperm and embryos, while we have also introduced a new technique for vitrification (Freezing of female eggs/ovums) as well".