| " I feel like a number on a file at my doctor's office. I understand he has such a huge practice but the only time I really get to see him and talk to him is at a consultation visit or during transfer. Retrieval is done by another ghost doctor that I have never met, I only know her name, she does procedure during anaesthesia so I don't even see her."
Do you find yourself in this situation ? Would you like more personalised attention and better care ?
We provide comprehensive IVF services , all under one roof, so patients don't need to shuttle from clinic to lab to the scan center. Our practise is restricted to treating infertile patients exclusively, and we were rated amongst India's top 5 infertility clinics in a survey carried out by Outlook magazine in June 2002, which interviewed over 700 doctors all over India for their opinion. We were voted as the best IVF clinic as regards value for money. Since we specialise in providing IVF treatment , we offer our patients the very best medical care - at affordable prices.
If you have done IVF at another clinic, have you got upset that you have to met a different doctor every time? Are you tired of talking to the doctor's assistants every time ?Are you forced to talk to a number of different nurses who seem clueless ? Are you having trouble getting the explanations you need ? Do you have to run around from the IVF clinic, to a lab for your blood tests, to an ultrasound center for your scans, so that you seem to be on the move all day long ? Are you fed up waiting for ever and ever to talk to the doctor or to get your blood test results ? At Malpani Infertility Clinic, all the treatment ( including the consultation, all the ultrasound scans, egg collection and embryo transfers are done personally by eitherDr. Anjali Malpani and Dr. Aniruddha Malpani). The buck stops with us - and we don't delegate any part of your delicate and critical IVF treatment to anyone else !
The reason we are so good at what we do is that we do nothing else ! Our practise is restricted to IVF treatment, and after doing this exclusively for the last 15 years, we are very good at it. Since we practise in only one place , we are always available and accessible to you, to answer your questions and fine-tune your treatment.
We are very cost effective, because we provide comprehensive services at a fixed price. The advantage of a fixed - charge treatment package is that you don't have to pay extra for every little thing. Unlike US clinics, we don't charge extra for consultations, blood tests and scans once we start an IVF treatment cycle. Some IVF clinics can be very creative in their billing practices - and this can add up to a pretty penny you did not budget for !
Our pregnancy rates are very high, because we can transfer more embryos in difficult patients ( unlike clinics in UK and Australia, where the number of embryos which can be transferred is limited by law). While transferring more embryos does increase the risk of high-order multiple pregnancies, this risk is negligible in difficult patients ( for example, the older women or women with previous failed IVF cycles). In our clinic, we customise the number of embryos we transfer for each patient we treat, rather than just blindly follow a guideline ( which has been laid down for the general population, without considering each individual's specific problem).
Our equipment is state of the art and is sourced from all over the world. For example, our CO2 incubators are Nuaire incubators from USA; our stereozoom and inverted microscopes are from Olympus, Japan, and our ultrasound scanner is from Aloka, Japan. We use IVF catheters from Rocket of London, UK; ICSI pipettes from Cook, Australia; the Saturn laser unit for laser assisted hatching and embryo biopsy from Research Instruments, UK ; IVF culture medium from Vitrolife, Scandinavia; and IVF disposables from Becton Dickinson, USA. Our IVF lab complies with international standards and guidelines.
You can take a guided tour of the clinic online !
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Coming to Bombay (Mumbai) for IVF is extremely easy.
Bombay (Mumbai) is a major metropolis, and has
its own international airport. You can book your tickets online, and find the best deals by asking Indian travel agents in your city. Another option is to check out
www.bootsnall.com.
A return air ticket to India from the US costs about US $ 1000- 1500. Your husband can accompany you, or you can hand-carry his frozen sperm in a dry shipper ( which you will need to borrow from your local infertility clinic) or in a dry-ice box packed with dry ice. The clinic is in the heart of south Bombay, and is an hour's ride away from the airport. IVF treatment is done on a day-care basis, so you do not need hospitalisation at all. There are many hotels nearby and we can help you arrange accommodation in close proximity to our clinic. You only need to make 4 - 6 visits to the clinic during the entire cycle, and after the embryo transfer, you can fly back home.
Over half our patients come to us from out of Bombay; and a quarter of all our patients come from overseas, so we are very experienced in meeting your special needs. To make the process as easy as possible for you, we have developed protocols that allow you to interact easily with us by email. You can have all your preliminary testing and care performed by your own doctor in your own town. This means that with well-planned scheduling, you only need to spend about 10 to 20 days at our clinic to complete an IVF cycle of treatment.
Traveling to do IVF may make it less stressful for you. Getting prepared for the cycle is more stressful (things to do to get ready for the trip, etc.), but the cycle itself may be less stressful. You can do a lot of sightseeing and you may obsess less about the cycle that way than you would have if you were home and working. Also, you have fewer responsibilities to worry about and can concentrate on your cycle.
Over the last 13 years, we have treated patients from all over the world - USA, UK, Australia, Middle East , Kenya, Nigeria and Singapore. Our patients have been surprised and pleased at the convenience that our system offers them . In fact, many feel that it is easier to be treated at Malpani Infertility Clinic, than to take treatment in their own home city . In addition, taking off 10 to 14 days in a relaxed setting, where you can bond with your partner and with us can only help promote an optimal outcome. You can also fly down to see the Taj Mahal, or get an ayurvedic massage in Kerala to melt your stress away.
A complete IVF cycle at our clinic costs only US $ 3000 - and this is all-inclusive of all medical procedures, including lab tests, scans, egg pickup and embryo transfer. The approximate total costs of all the medicines used for superovulation for one complete cycle is about US $ 800 more. A complete cycle of IVF with ICSI costs US $ 3500. The total costs of all the medicines used for superovulation for one complete cycle is about US $ 800 more. A complete cycle of PGD costs US $ 5500. The approximate total costs of all the medicines used for superovulation for one complete cycle is about US $ 800 more. . A complete cycle of donor egg IVF costs US $ 6500 only ( including payment for the egg donor). Embryo adoption costs US $ 4500 only.
We provide a package deal which includes ALL costs, rather than add on costs for individual services ( such as consultations, scans, blood tests and so on) which many other clinics do ! This helps patients to know what their TOTAL cost will be upfront. We have no hidden expenses.
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These costs include:
- all ultrasound scanning
- blood tests, if any
- in-hospital costs (for the oocyte collection)
- anaesthetic fees (for the oocyte collection)
- fees for the Infertility Specialist (for all consultations and procedures, including the oocyte retrieval and embryo transfer)
- all IVF laboratory costs during the IVF treatment cycle (including the oocyte retrieval, sperm preparation, embryo culture and embryo transfer).
The cost of freezing supernumerary embryos ( if any) and storing them for 1 year is US $ 1000.
This is why we attract patients from all over the world ! We also offer a money-back (risk sharing program) for selected patients who would prefer this option to minimise their financial risk.
Why is In Vitro Fertilization so much less expensive in India as compared to the US, even though we use exactly the same technology and the same equipment and culture medium as labs in the US do? The answer is simple -- Indian doctors charge much less than doctors in the US -- and this is why IVF treatment is such a bargain in our clinic. Thus, the cost for a consultation at our clinic is only Rs 1000 ( US $ 20) - a fraction of what doctors in the West charge ! Indian doctors, like Indian computer professionals , have proven they are as good as anyone in the world, but because India is still a developing country, they charge much less than their colleagues in the West. There is also much less administrative paperwork, keeping overheads low, allowing us to offer cost-effective services to our patients.
The medicines used for superovulation are also much less expensive in India. They are manufactured by the same multinational companies, but one vial of 75 IU of HMG ( Menogon) in India costs only US $ 15 approximately - as compared to about US $ 50 in the US, which means you save about US $ 1000 upfront on just the cost of the medications ! Why do you want to subsidise pricey US pharmacists and drug companies ?
We offer comprehensive services, in a custom built 2500 square foot facility on the 5th floor of a multi-storey building.
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