Assisted Reproductive Tech centre inaugurated at INHS Kalyani

A state-of-the-art Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) centre was today inaugurated at Indian Navy Hospital Services(INHS) Kalyani by Reena Lanba, wife of Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba.
The naval hospital will now be equipped with Intra Uterine Insemination (IUI) facility and facilitate couples in service who face infertility and aspire parenthood, a defence release said.
Reena Lanba, who is the President of Naval Wives Welfare Association, said this centre will fulfil the dream of parenthood of the childless couples.
The facility is expected to benefit infertile couples who earlier had to be sent to other higher centres for treatment causing psychological and monetary stress to them, it added.

Surgeon Cmde Rahul Ray, Commanding Officer, INHS Kalyani said this centre is a foundation on which an In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) centre of the future Command Hospital will be established.
Surgeon Capt G D Maiti, Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, later briefed the guests about the technical aspects of infertility, it added.