New Delhi: AIIMS received an unusual request recently from the widow of a young man who had died suddenly while being brought to the hospital. She wanted doctors to retrieve his sperm so that she could have a baby.
The couple had been married just a few years and did not have a child. "The parents of the man were also willing and supported her request," said a doctor.
The request had to be rejected as there are no clear guidelines on postmortem sperm retrieval (PMSR) in the country.
Citing the case in an article published in the latest issue of the Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences, AIIMS doctors have sought clarity on PMSR to avoid such a predicament in the future.
"Time has come to have guidelines about the procedures to collect sperm posthumously, to preserve them and to effectively use them with maximum benefits to the individual as well as society," the doctors argue.
According to Dr Sudhir Gupta, head of AIIMS's forensic sciences department, sperm can survive inside the testicular cavity for almost a day after death. "Retrieval is a simple process. It can be done within five minutes by dissecting the testis and extracting the sperm. But there are ethical and legal issues involved," he said.
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The guidelines for assisted reproductive tech nology (ART) clinics in India allow insemination of a woman with a dead husband's semen. However, the sperm must be collected while the husband is alive and in sound mind.
Israel allows removal of sperm from a dead man's body at the request of his wife and allows transfer of the sperm to the wife within a year of the husband's death, even in the absence of his consent. If the wife dies, the sperm cannot be used.
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At least the sperms should have been collected while there was still time.. Rules and other decisions take time.. Sperms wil not live for ever in dead body
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In a 2006 article in the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, leading forensic experts Rajesh V Bardale and P G Dixit had predicted a possible rise in demand for PRSM.They, however, argued that any decision on this would have to be thought out in detail since the situation in India was more complex than in developed countries.
"It might be a difficult time for a widow to make a rational decision. Pressure from the family may compli cate the situation. The problem is compounded by the time limitation for collecting the sperm, which might require a quick decision," they pointed out.
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The couple had been married just a few years and did not have a child. "The parents of the man were also willing and supported her request," said a doctor.
The request had to be rejected as there are no clear guidelines on postmortem sperm retrieval (PMSR) in the country.
Citing the case in an article published in the latest issue of the Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences, AIIMS doctors have sought clarity on PMSR to avoid such a predicament in the future.
"Time has come to have guidelines about the procedures to collect sperm posthumously, to preserve them and to effectively use them with maximum benefits to the individual as well as society," the doctors argue.
According to Dr Sudhir Gupta, head of AIIMS's forensic sciences department, sperm can survive inside the testicular cavity for almost a day after death. "Retrieval is a simple process. It can be done within five minutes by dissecting the testis and extracting the sperm. But there are ethical and legal issues involved," he said.
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The guidelines for assisted reproductive tech nology (ART) clinics in India allow insemination of a woman with a dead husband's semen. However, the sperm must be collected while the husband is alive and in sound mind.
Israel allows removal of sperm from a dead man's body at the request of his wife and allows transfer of the sperm to the wife within a year of the husband's death, even in the absence of his consent. If the wife dies, the sperm cannot be used.
Top Comment
At least the sperms should have been collected while there was still time.. Rules and other decisions take time.. Sperms wil not live for ever in dead body
Anon Anon
SEE ALL COMMENTSADD COMMENT
In a 2006 article in the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, leading forensic experts Rajesh V Bardale and P G Dixit had predicted a possible rise in demand for PRSM.They, however, argued that any decision on this would have to be thought out in detail since the situation in India was more complex than in developed countries.
"It might be a difficult time for a widow to make a rational decision. Pressure from the family may compli cate the situation. The problem is compounded by the time limitation for collecting the sperm, which might require a quick decision," they pointed out.
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