Nur Iskandar
Teraju, ABK— The problem of infertility couples continue to increase in percentage in the modern age today. Therefore, they need help to solve their problems for having a baby.
“This news is amazing. Because we, in this RS Anugrah Bunda Khatulistiwa, are being able to handle “A to Z” IVF process,” said the doctor who had spent his time for IVF technological development, Syahnural Loebis to Nur Iskandar which is quoted from online media teraju.id on Monday (15/8) night in his office room. When he was being interviewed, Syahnural was busy serving his patient one by one and generally for having infertility problems.
RS ABK where is located at Jalan Ahmad Yani, in front of the Governor Office of West Borneo, has become a reference for patients with infertility problems. However after the infertility is being handled, in order to realize the IVF technology, when everything is ready, especially in the egg enlargement or in the sperm cell recovery, the further steps are patients being referred to Teratai Clinic in Jakarta. “The process is likely to add more costs especially for the accommodation that makes it feel expensive,” said Syahnural who still wore his white outfit. If the IVF process costs IDR 60-80 million, with the accommodation Jakarta-Pontianak, it could reach above IDR 80 million.
Now, since August 2016, RS ABK has been able to deal with the problem infertility from A to Z problems. “If we used to take the oocid or egg cell in Teratai Clinic, Jakarta, now we, here in RS ABK, could do everything,” Syahnural said.
IVF baby is not just a baby that being stored in the tube while developing, but the union of egg and sperm cells with the assistance of medical technology. Both of new living cells candidate that grow into a zygote later implanted onto the mother’s womb. The growth is then marked with a regular pregnancy tests. The success rate of IVF today continues to increase with the advances of science and technology,” said Syahnural who encourage himself to improve his empirical knowledge to the foreign including the procurement of medical equipment.
Syahnural mentioned that the expectancy of a success of a mother is obtain offspring not only under 40 years where the fertility rate is still reliable but also over the age of 40 years. “My patients that have just come out is 44 years old, and now she is becoming pregnant through IVF,” said Syahnural proudly. There are so many tube babies in Pontianak City now,” he added.
translated by Gheby Mahas (Kampoeng English Poernama)
