Giving birth to a stranger's baby: The cost of IVF mistakes
A mistake at an IVF clinic has led to a woman giving birth to a stranger’s baby.
It’s a catastrophic error and not the first one that’s recently come to light. Such risks are not covered in the marketing material of Australia’s major fertility clinics.
But this mistake – at one of the oldest and most reputable clinics in the country – has had devastating consequences that reach far beyond the affected families, and damaged the confidence of anyone relying on fertility treatment in Australia.
Today, writer and public health campaigner Hannah Bambra on how Monash IVF has handled its monumental mistake, and why the IVF industry is so vulnerable to human error.
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Guest: Writer and public health campaigner Hannah Bambra
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