1st test-tube baby born in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — The first test-tube baby in Bangladesh was born at Square Fertility Center in the capital Dhaka on Sept. 30, local newspaper The Daily Star reported Wednesday.
Since its inception in December 2006, a large number of women sought treatment here and many of them conceived through intra- uterine insemination (IUI) method.
But Mrs Khan, 37, was the first mother who gave birth to a child through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) or test-tube method.
She had been trying to have a baby since her marriage 18 years ago.
In association with an expert physician of Mount Elizabeth Hospital of Singapore and an Embryologist of Care IVF Centre, Dr Zakiur Rahman, a consultant gynaecologist of Square Fertility Center, had accomplished this difficult task.
Both the mother and the baby are in sound health now.
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