One of the most important tasks to be confirmed at
the INSTAR workshop held on the 20th of April, was work towards a
consensus statement on Egg Donation in India. This will match previous work done by INSTAR on the minimum agreed upon standards for all surrogates across India.
Please see our Preliminary results below:
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| Dr. Himanshu Bavishi introducing the Workshop |
Findings from the first Survey for Consensus Statement on
Egg Donation: INSTAR Scientific Consensus Committee
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Participants 60 - Prominent ART / IVF Specialists of India, ART Banks,
Hon Supreme Court of India Advocates, psychological Counsellors
1. What should be the minimum compensation for egg donors in India (instead
of commercial the term compensated is used -- many countries who do commercial
even use the term altruistic as it is compensating for time and effort and loss
of wages and not commercial)
Answer-90%
between 20 to 25k and 5%>25k and 5%>30k
2. Should there be an upper limit for
financial compensation (an upper limit is so that this is not luring/ enticing
egg donors but only compensating)
Answer-50% yes
50% no
2. Contracts should be in Local Language along with English :
Answer-100%
agree
4. Egg sharing from a donor should not
decide the dose of medications as donor health and safety are primary concerns:
Agree/ Disagree
Answer-100% agree
5. Realistic expectations for number of
eggs collected from donor should be given to Intended parents (can be based on
antral follicle count scan)and efforts should be made to avoid complications
like Hyperstimulation: Agree/ Disagree
Answer-100% agree
6. List of potential complications
should be discussed with the egg donor in Local Language as well as English
consent forms:: Agree/ Disagree
Answer-100% agree
7. Who will be responsible for managing
any extra care if required after the donation process
Intended parents
IVF clinic who did the stimulation or
egg collection
ART Bank
Answer-33.3%-intended parents
30%% ivf clinic
36.6%ART bank
8. Screening tests for egg donors as in
form from ICMR Website M2 of the egg donation
Answer 95% agree as per ICMR
5% agree but want Additional
tests as well
9. Egg donor to be compensated fully if
the egg collection process is done irrespective of number of eggs collected or
quality of eggs or no eggs
Answer- 95% agree irrespective
5% say that if donor has not disclosed
history of substance abuse then their compensation must be reduced
10. A form should be filled by the
donor stating that she has not donated more than 6 times as per ICMR Rule::
Agree/ Disagree
Answer-100% agree
11. A gap of at least 3 months should
be kept between two egg donations
Answer-50%2 months
33.3% for 3 months
16.33% between 2 to 3 months
12. All centres should have vigilant
post operative care as per ICMR and prevailing authority rules
Answer-100% yes
13. Donor anonymity to be maintained
strictly.
Answer-100% yes.
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