Manipur's first test tube babies
Imphal, June 19: That medical science has gone a long way in ameliorating the suffering on mankind besides bringing a smile on the face of many has been proven in many cases and Manipur today has a couple who can be inlcuded in the list of those blessed by medical science.
Yumnam Jakendra and his wife Niengboi Haokip were a heart broken couple after their first born daughter Y Mangalleima was killed in a militant ambush at Assam's Karbi Anglong district five years ago.
What fate had cruelly robbed them, medical science has stepped in to apply the needed balm, courtesy a bonny test tube twin girls, the first test tube baby in the State, that too twins.
Not surprisingly today they fit the bill of the happiest couple in the world.
Not only have the twins come as a blessing for their parents, but it is also a testimony of the expertise of the team of doctors behind the babies.
The two babies were born through the Invitro Fertilization Technology on Thursday at Suba Hospital and Assisted Reproductive Centre (SHARC).
A jubilant Jakendra (48), who is serving as a Professor in the Central Agricultural University (CAU) Imphal said that he is the happiest man in the world today.
"My late daughter Mangalleima has reincarnated. I extend my sincere gratitude to the skilled doctors of SHARC for giving me my daughters".
The happy mother along with her twin daughters are being taken care by the doctors of the private hospital.
Recounting the horrific incident five years back, Jakendra said that he, his wife and daughter were passing Karbi Anglong in a bus for a tour to Sikkim when militants rained bullets on the vehicle in 2005."My (then) only daughter, who was sitting between me and my wife , was caught by the bullets and died on the spot .
Since then all our efforts to get another child proved futile, " Jakendra said.
"We had earlier attempted the invitro fertilization technology many times outside the State incurring a huge amount of money, but it is only now that it has turned out to be a success in SHARC, Imphal," he added.
SHARC doctors said the mother and her two daughters are fine and in good health.
"It was a collective effort by a team of doctors. The babies are the true biological daughters of the couple (Jakendra and Niengboi)," said W Indevor, one of the doctors.
He said the incubator for fertilizing and developing the male's sperm and the female's eggs was installed in the hospital in March 2008 .
"For the first phase and for the first time in the State we conducted the test from a few couples of which three of them proved successful and the twin daughters of Jekendra and Niengboi are the first test tube babies born on the soil of Manipur," he said.
With the success of this technology, a huge amount of money spent by parents outside the State to get babies will be a thing of the past, the doctor said while calculating that more than half of the whole amount spent outside the State hospitals (including travel and lodging expenses) will be saved.
Source: The Sangai Express
Another Story:
Test tube baby heralds new era of hope for childless couples
Imphal, June 19: With the successful implementation of invitro fertilisation technology, commonly known as test tube baby, in the state, there is now new hope for childless couples.
The success of the first test tube baby in the state is a landmark event with doctors at the Suba Hospital and Assisted Reproductive Centre at Kombirei Keithel, Lamphel creating history by helping in the birth of twin baby girls on June 18 to bring back joy in the lives of Yumnam ongbi Nengboi Haokip, and her husband Y Jekendra of Pishumthong.
According to Dr. Indiber of the hospital, the formal experiments for the test tube baby was started after they were approached by the childless couple Yumnam Jekendra and his wife Nengboi who had lost their one and only daughter in an unfortunate incident few years back.
The couple had travelled far and wide and met several doctors at renowned hospitals in the hope of an assisted reproduction, after the demise of their daughter. The couple finally came to the Suba hospital and soon the doctors started experimentation on the possibility of a test tube baby in October last year.
The doctor further said that Nengboi was under full medication during her pregnancy period and the constant medical attention resulted in the delivery of the first test tube baby girls to be born in Manipur. Both the baby girls and the mother are in good condition and getting medical care at the hospital.
The doctor mentioned that it was the first successful use of test tube baby technology in the state by the Suba hospital, and with their success they were now planning to continue the same treatment at a cheaper rate of Rs. 60,000 to 70,000 against the usual expenditure of Rs. 1.5 lakhs to 2 lakhs at outstation hospitals.
For the excited couple, Jekendra and Nengboi, nothing could be sweeter than this moment of joy in their lives and they have given full credits to the doctors of Suba hospital and also expressed gratitude to the Almighty for blessing them with not one, but two, healthy baby girls.
Source: The Imphal Free Press
Yumnam Jakendra and his wife Niengboi Haokip were a heart broken couple after their first born daughter Y Mangalleima was killed in a militant ambush at Assam's Karbi Anglong district five years ago.
What fate had cruelly robbed them, medical science has stepped in to apply the needed balm, courtesy a bonny test tube twin girls, the first test tube baby in the State, that too twins.
Not surprisingly today they fit the bill of the happiest couple in the world.
Not only have the twins come as a blessing for their parents, but it is also a testimony of the expertise of the team of doctors behind the babies.
The two babies were born through the Invitro Fertilization Technology on Thursday at Suba Hospital and Assisted Reproductive Centre (SHARC).
A jubilant Jakendra (48), who is serving as a Professor in the Central Agricultural University (CAU) Imphal said that he is the happiest man in the world today.
"My late daughter Mangalleima has reincarnated. I extend my sincere gratitude to the skilled doctors of SHARC for giving me my daughters".
The happy mother along with her twin daughters are being taken care by the doctors of the private hospital.
Recounting the horrific incident five years back, Jakendra said that he, his wife and daughter were passing Karbi Anglong in a bus for a tour to Sikkim when militants rained bullets on the vehicle in 2005."My (then) only daughter, who was sitting between me and my wife , was caught by the bullets and died on the spot .
Since then all our efforts to get another child proved futile, " Jakendra said.
"We had earlier attempted the invitro fertilization technology many times outside the State incurring a huge amount of money, but it is only now that it has turned out to be a success in SHARC, Imphal," he added.
SHARC doctors said the mother and her two daughters are fine and in good health.
"It was a collective effort by a team of doctors. The babies are the true biological daughters of the couple (Jakendra and Niengboi)," said W Indevor, one of the doctors.
He said the incubator for fertilizing and developing the male's sperm and the female's eggs was installed in the hospital in March 2008 .
"For the first phase and for the first time in the State we conducted the test from a few couples of which three of them proved successful and the twin daughters of Jekendra and Niengboi are the first test tube babies born on the soil of Manipur," he said.
With the success of this technology, a huge amount of money spent by parents outside the State to get babies will be a thing of the past, the doctor said while calculating that more than half of the whole amount spent outside the State hospitals (including travel and lodging expenses) will be saved.
Source: The Sangai Express
Another Story:
Test tube baby heralds new era of hope for childless couples
Imphal, June 19: With the successful implementation of invitro fertilisation technology, commonly known as test tube baby, in the state, there is now new hope for childless couples.
The success of the first test tube baby in the state is a landmark event with doctors at the Suba Hospital and Assisted Reproductive Centre at Kombirei Keithel, Lamphel creating history by helping in the birth of twin baby girls on June 18 to bring back joy in the lives of Yumnam ongbi Nengboi Haokip, and her husband Y Jekendra of Pishumthong.
According to Dr. Indiber of the hospital, the formal experiments for the test tube baby was started after they were approached by the childless couple Yumnam Jekendra and his wife Nengboi who had lost their one and only daughter in an unfortunate incident few years back.
The couple had travelled far and wide and met several doctors at renowned hospitals in the hope of an assisted reproduction, after the demise of their daughter. The couple finally came to the Suba hospital and soon the doctors started experimentation on the possibility of a test tube baby in October last year.
The doctor further said that Nengboi was under full medication during her pregnancy period and the constant medical attention resulted in the delivery of the first test tube baby girls to be born in Manipur. Both the baby girls and the mother are in good condition and getting medical care at the hospital.
The doctor mentioned that it was the first successful use of test tube baby technology in the state by the Suba hospital, and with their success they were now planning to continue the same treatment at a cheaper rate of Rs. 60,000 to 70,000 against the usual expenditure of Rs. 1.5 lakhs to 2 lakhs at outstation hospitals.
For the excited couple, Jekendra and Nengboi, nothing could be sweeter than this moment of joy in their lives and they have given full credits to the doctors of Suba hospital and also expressed gratitude to the Almighty for blessing them with not one, but two, healthy baby girls.
Source: The Imphal Free Press
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