In Vitro Fertilization|IVF treatment|infertilitly treatments

Felicitation by
Honorable Health minister Jai Narayan Vyas
in a program conducted by Walkhardt hospital on 28th March, in Surat.

Dr. Purnima Nadkarni, Gynecologist & Infertility specialist was felicitated for her excellent work of infertility treatment & test tube babies in South Gujarat since last 25 years by a program "Nari Netrutva" award ceremony arranged by Walkhardt hospital Surat on 28th March at Suart.

The award was given by Honorable Health minister sir Jay Narayan Vyas in the auditorium of Adventist wockhardt heart hospital. This was the occasion to celebrate women’s day. 15 women who were high achievers in different field were felicitated on this occasion by the health minister.

Dr. Purnima Nadkarni , who started her professional career in Killa Pardi, a small rural town of South Gujarat now is a director of 3 hospitals Nadkarni hospital & test tube baby center, Killa Pardi, 21st Century hospital’s PVT LTD Vapi & 21st century hospital & test tube baby center Surat.

More than 2000 IVF/ ICSI babies, 50 menopausal pregnancies, 150 pregnancies to couples with NIL sperms in male (by technique called TESA, MESA), 45 Frozen embryo babies & 10 babies by surrogacy go to her credit.

She is a good social worker who has imparted more than 100 lecture in different topics related to youth & women in different colleges & Mahila mandals. Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi felicitated Dr. Purnima Nadkarni in Umbergaon in April 2007 for her untiring work on women’s empowerment in South Gujarat.

England Trip

Dr. Pooja with Dr. Joyce	Dr. Pooja & Dr. Prabhakar with Dr. Joyce

Dr.Pooja Nadkarni Singh – budding Gynecologist & Dr.Prabhakar Singh (Embryologist) both running successful infertility program at 21ST Century Hospital & Test Tube Baby Centre Surat – recently visited London for training in PGD (Preimplantation Genetic diagnosis) & assisted hatching from University college of London. They were the only Indians amongst 40 international delegates who successfully completed this course.

Preimplantation diagnosis following assisted hatching and blastomere biopsy is required in case of recurrent IVF failures and for diagnosis of congenital anomalies & diseases such as sickle cell, thalasaemia, muscular dystrophies & many other conditions & blood disorders.

21ST Century Hospital & Test Tube Baby Centre has just completed 3 yrs in Surat & has already had more than 380 successful ICSI pregnancies. The hospital has now added laser assisted hatching equipment for the first time in south Gujarat to help improve results in case of difficult & impossible cases & also for PGD.

Dr.Joyce Harper from the University of London under whom Dr.Pooja & Dr.Prabhakar were trained has offered to give guidance & technical support for this new Venture.

With this, 21ST Century adds yet another feather to its Cap.

This was the news item published in TIMES OF INDIA on 31.10.09

"No uterus, ovaries, she still delivers baby "

A rare case of Test tube baby delivered at our hospital.

The newborn with Dr Pooja Nadkarni Singh

Surat: A miracle baby is what Surat got on Thursday when a 28-year-old woman, who did not have her menses till the age of 20 due to a rare genetic disorder, delivered a baby girl.

The woman gave birth with intracytoplasmic sperm injection of eggs (ICSI) and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment at the 21st Century Hospital and Test Tube Baby Centre. It is being termed as one of the rarest cases of testicular feminisation syndrome — a genetic disorder that makes XY fetuses insensitive to male hormones. Terming it as a unique case, Dr Pooja Nadkarni Singh of the hospital said, “The genotype of the patient is male with feminine features.

Meeta Mehta, a resident of Palanpur Patia, is feeling on top of the world having got a child, weighing 3 kg, after eight years of marriage. Three years ago, she had given up hope to conceive after knowing about her genetic disorder. Meeta grew up like a normal girl and married at the age of 20. She had consulted doctors in Ahmedabad and Surat and was put on medication, after which she started having her periods. But the real worry started when she could not conceive.

She decided to go for Karyotyping test, which helps find genetic problems, in 2006. The test report came as a major shock as it showed her genotype as male. The related medical jargon simply meant that she was sterile and could not bear children. In a layman’s language, women with this genetic disorder are born looking externally like normal girls, but they are genetically male with short blindpouch vagina and no uterus, fallopian tubes or ovaries.

In 2008, Meeta consulted Dr Pooja and Dr Poornima Nadkarni. After detailed investigation, it was found that she had a rudimentary uterus and that it was possible to give her a child through ICSI and IVF treatment.

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