Some married couples may be desperately trying to have a baby but have fertility issues and unfortunately are unable to afford in vitro fertilisation (IVF). During the IVF process, an egg is removed from the woman's ovaries and fertilised with sperm in a laboratory. The fertilised egg, called an embryo, is then returned to the woman's womb to grow and develop. This procedure can cost around RM14k-RM16k, a hefty price for those in the B40 category.
As reported by Sirap Limau, Metro IVF Fertility Centre at Setiawalk, Puchong is offering procedures under the IVF Rahmah Rakyat initiatives for aspiring parents. As part of the Payung Rahmah Belanjawan 2024 initiative, the IVF Rahmah Rakyat package has an RM1 million allocation for the B40 income category.
This allocation will be distributed to 280 couples to receive IVF treatments at a heavily subsidised price of RM7500. The icing on the cake is that the Fertility Centre boasts high success rates.
What To Know
Around 17.5% of the adult population, or one in six people have fertility issues. The optimum age for this treatment is between 23 to 42 years of age. Amongst the factors for IVF treatment failure include the age of women, embryo quality, ovarian response, implantation issues, having an unhealthy lifestyle, and chromosomal abnormalities.
What The Program Includes
This program will cover the following costs:
- Fees for specialist doctors
- Consultation and ultrasound scans during the IVF cycle
- Anaesthetist fees
- Surgery room & ward
- Nursing services
- Fertility lab charges
- Medication & egg stimulation injections
- OPU process (egg retrieval)
- Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
- Embryo cultivation & blastocyst
- Fresh embryo transfer
- Luteal phase support for 10 days after the embryo transfer
- Beta-hCG (blood test to measure hCG levels in early pregnancy to determine if the woman is pregnant)
Where to Sign Up
You will be eligible for the procedure if you fulfil the following requirements:
- Husband and wife are both Malaysian citizens
- Total household monthly income does not exceed RM5,500 a month
- Age of husband and wife is not over 42 years old
- The couple do not have any other children
Couples who are interested can enter their details at the following link.
Do note that it is not always an easy process, and it can take its toll on you physically, emotionally, and mentally, so make sure you do extensive research before signing up for IVF.
You can also Whatsapp +6011-55550547 for any enquiries or click on this link for more information.
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