
EXPERT REACTION: Second IVF mix-up at Monash IVF
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A second IVF mix-up has occurred at Monash IVF. In a statement to the ASX, the company said "a patient's own embryo was incorrectly transferred to that patient, contrary to the treatment plan which designated the transfer of an embryo of the patient's partner". Earlier this year, the company made headlines after it announced that a woman had given birth to a genetically unrelated baby after an embryo mix-up at a Monash IVF fertility clinic in Brisbane. Below Australian experts comment.
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