Chennai, July 17, 2024 Ma. Subramanian, Honourable Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of Tamil Nadu, inaugurated Saveetha Pregnancy Rejuvenation and Ovulatory Uterine Therapeutics (SPROUT), a new centre for Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART) at Saveetha Medical College Hospital (SMCH).
Thiru. K. Selvaperunthagai, President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee, and Member of Legislative Assembly, Sriperumbudur Constituency, participated as the Guest of Honour. Dr. N.M. Veeraiyan, Founder and Chancellor, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS) presided over the function, attended by Dr. Deepak Nallaswamy, Pro Chancellor, and Dr. J. Kumutha, Dean, SMCH.
Commenting about SPROUT, Dr. Veeraiyan, said, “Fertility is important to the human being for several reasons like continuation of the family, demographic balance, emotional fulfilment, psychological well-being, biological and medical significance and so on. But not all couples are able to achieve parenthood naturally due to various reasons. Nearly 10-15% of the eligible couples experience infertility at the end of one year of cohabitation, out of which 10% would require the need of ART, a cornerstone of modern medicine. We are launching SPROUT to cater to the emerging need of infertility treatments that make parenthood dreams come true.”
On the services to be offered by SPROUT, he said that the new centre has facilities for Intrauterine insemination, Cryopreservation, ICSI, In vitro-fertilisation (IVF), Embryo biopsy, laser-assisted hatching and preimplantation genetic diagnosis. “We will ensure a holistic approach to reproductive health. We will provide not only evaluation, investigations and interventions, but also pre-treatment counselling, as couples may need psychological counselling for them to navigate through difficult times. Our ART services will be practised with utmost ethical considerations maintaining the transparency regarding techniques and confidentiality about information of the couple,” he observed.
