THE PROBLEM OF INFERTILITY IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT

In the earlier times, medical facility was not so developed and people got married at an early life.  As a result, infertility was one issue  that not many people faced as men and women entered parenthood at an early age. However, with the passage of time,as people specifically women became more career oriented , they started opting for late marriages and this led to fall in fertility because it’s a well known fact that with an increase in age , the capability to bear child decreases .

So, it looks like a dilemma as what should women choose,career or marriage? Lets face it women have limitations,for unlike men, women are bounded to their biological cycles and they cannot have children after they attain menopause. Men’s fertility on the other hand, medical science proves, never comes to a halt, though it does diminish with age.

However, in the modern times, women have choices galore. They now have the choice of undergoing fertility treatment like IVF. IVF helps in making infertile women bear child and treating infertility in men too.

Neelkanth Hospital started by Dr. Himanshu Garg and Dr. Bindu Garg, is one hospital which has stood as a pioneer in this field. It provides fertility treatment to the masses at cost effective prices. This hospital gave Gurgaon its first IVF baby in 2003. It is because of this hospital that Gurgaon has notched higher in medical care facility and climbed the ladder  higher,even than  Delhi, when we talk of health care