The embryo affair continues:
the management of the Ministry of Health decided today (Tuesday) not to oblige parents who were treated at the fertility unit in Asuta Rishon LeZion to perform a test to identify a genetic link to their embryos.
The decision was made at the end of a series of consultations with professional officials as well as the consultation that took place yesterday (Monday) with representatives of the Ministry of Justice.
Since the failure in question that happened at Assuta's fertility unit in Rishon Lezion was discovered, three different teams have conducted tests to locate female patients and/or couples who are more likely to be related to the incident.
The Ministry of Health instructed the Assuta management to inform the patients and/or the couples found in these tests about this within a short time, and they will be invited by Assuta for a conversation in which they will be presented with all the options available to them.
In accordance with the decision of the Ministry of Health, the patients and/or the relevant couples will not be required to perform a test to detect a genetic link, but they will be able to request this type of test, as much as they wish.
They will not be required to check the genetic link to the fetus (illustration), photo: Gettyimages
Ministry of Health, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Patients and/or couples who are already pregnant, as well as those who have already had a child and would like to perform a test, will be required by law to obtain prior approval from the court in order to perform the test.
Regarding patients and/or couples whose embryos have not yet been returned, the state examines whether there is legal authority to allow them to perform the test to identify a genetic link without seeking the approval of the court.
A decision on the matter is expected to be made this week.
It was also decided at the Ministry of Health that the inspection committee established by the Public Acceptance Commissioner for the medical professions, Dr. Baez Lev, will continue to conduct a comprehensive inspection aimed at locating the source of the error that caused the incorrect transfer of the embryos.
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