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Aligarh: Today JN Medical College at AMU joins the elite club of very few medical colleges of India to offer Assisted Reproductive technologies at very nominal rates and is the only public sector functional centre in U.P.
In a historical advance today, the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) unit of JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University opened up by conducting 8 successful oocyte retrival, 7 embryo transfer cases and 3 Testicular Sperm retrieval cases in Azospermic men.
The process of embryo transfers in the eight cases was witnessed by honorable Vice Chancellor of AMU Prof Tariq Mansoor who is also the alumni of JN Medical College and a guide and mentor to all of doctors present in the team.
The team was led by Chairperson of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Professor Seema Hakim and Professor Shaheen, In-Charge, ART unit at JNMCH who has taken training in IVF technology from AIIMS, New Delhi. The team conducted the cases with a public-private partnership with RAINBOW-IVF Centre of Agra which is run by AMU Alumni Prof. Jaideep Malhotra and Prof. Narendra Malhotra.
Incidentally Prof Jaideep Malhotra is also an adjunct faculty for Reproductive Medicine at JNMC and has been instrumental in setting up the IVF Lab and training the faculty and staff. Dr. Keshav Malhotra, who has been trained in Australia, carried out the IVF lab procedures. Dr. Keshav Malhotra was the youngest member on the team and staff of ART unit is indeed fortunate to be trained by his skilled hands.
Prof. Tamkin Khan, Prof. Nishat Akhtar, Prof. Noor Afshan Sabzposh, Prof Imam Bano, Prof. Zehra Mohsin, Dr. Nasreen Noor, Dr. Deeba Khanam, Dr. Dalia Rafat also assisted the team of doctors.
Professor Shaheen toiled to set up the lab under the supervision and guidance of Prof. Jaideep Malhotra.
Now thousands of infertile couples of this area, women with blocked tubes, Endometriosis, Primary ovarian failure, PCOD etc can have their own children. Men with azoospermia can now have their own genetic child with the technique of TESA-ICSI.
Prof. Jaideep Malhotra expressed satisfaction on how the Department has come up and in an emotional statement said that he will always give back whatever he has learnt from his alma mater which, according to him, has laid the foundation of his learning in his initial years and helped him reach the top of his academic career.