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More
than $8.5 million was invested
in the construction of a
two-story clinic equipped with
the necessary technology to
care for patients. / Social
Security courtesy photo.
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Social
Security finally opens an
in-vitro fertilization unit
By the A.M. Costa Rica
staff
In November 2012, the
Inter-American Court of Human
Rights ordered Social Security to
include in-vitro infertility
treatment within the insured
services of members.
Wednesday Social Security
inaugurated the first reproductive
medicine unit at the Dr. Adolfo
Carit Eva Hospital, known as the
women's hospital, located in San
José.
The in-vitro fertilization service
will be offered to couples or
single women with infertility. The
procedure involves various
treatments including artificial
insemination.
According to Social Security, an
investment of about $128,501 was
made in training courses for Costa
Rican specialists in universities
in England, Spain and México.
More than $8.5 million was
invested in the construction of a
two-story clinic equipped with the
necessary technology to care for
patients.
"The new construction is 2,000
square meters on two floors and is
equipped with laboratories,
clinics and operating rooms where
medical procedures will be
performed," said Social Security
in a statement.
On average, the investment for
each attempt of in-vitro
fertilization is $26,819, said
Social Security.
The technique of in-vitro
fertilization consists of removing
eggs from an ovary and then
inseminating it with sperm in a
high-tech laboratory. Once the
union is completed, the fertilized
ovum is transferred to the
maternal womb.
Currently, the specialists are in
the process of analysis and
selection of the first group of
patients to undergo fertilization
treatment.
According to Social Security there
are no data on the number of
people who require this treatment.
However, specialists said they
believe that 3.33 percent of women
will require highly complex
assisted reproduction techniques.
According to the World Health
Organization, between 10 to 15
percent of couples have some type
of infertility problem.
More information on this process
is available by email at Morerajmairemo@ccss.sa.cr
According to a Forbes magazine
estimate, on average in the U.S.
an in-vito procedure in 2014 cost
$12,000 before medications, which
typically run another $3,000 to
$5,000.
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