DNA tests have made it possible to
confirm that there was a mix-up of embryos at Rome's Sandro
Pertini hospital during assisted-fertility treatments and
identify the biological parents of twins being carried by a
woman who is not their genetic mother, ANSA sources said
Thursday.
Only two couples are involved in the mix-up of embryos
that led to a woman getting pregnant with twins that are not
genetically hers, the head of the health authority that Rome's
Sandra Pertini hospital belongs to said Thursday.
"The results of the tests carried out and
procedural checks on the operations during the embryo transfers
exclude the involvement of other couples," said Rome ASL B
authority chief Vitaliano De Salazar.
This was later confirmed by Health Minister Beatrice
Lorenzin, who said the mix-up was due to "the virtual homonomy
of the two patients and the insufficient quality of security and
traceability procedures".
The biological mother of twins being carried by another
woman after an embryo mix-up at the fertility clinic of a Rome
hospital is not pregnant herself.
Rome prosecutors are investigating the case after the
woman who is pregnant with the twins said prenatal tests had
shown that she was not the genetic mother of them.
Since news of the case broke at the weekend, the hospital
has been inundated with calls from parents who are concerned
that children they are expecting or have had thanks to fertility
treatments may not related to them genetically.
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