‘Devastating development’ for couple who froze embryos before woman had chemotherapy
The husband and wife will say they were told the possible contamination was from another unidentified sperm sample, the court heard. Photograph: Zephyr/SPL/GettyA husband and wife have launched a High Court action seeking damages for nervous shock claiming their five embryos stored at a fertility clinic became contaminated and had to be destroyed.
The couple, he said were told the day before the woman started her chemotherapy treatment of the “devastating development that the embryos had been contaminated and would have to be destroyed.”‘I’m just so relieved’: Tori Towey arrives home after charges dropped in DubaiThe difference between Simon Harris and Leo Varadkar on UK-Irish relations goes beyond tone
The couple who cannot be named by order of the court Counsel said have lost the probability of the birth of a child by this process. ” On March 12th 2019 the couple, who were advised to take measures to protect their fertility before the chemotherapy were told 17 eggs had been harvested, 8 had matured and five had fertilised.
It is maintained the couple’s embryos had to be discarded as they were deemed unsuitable for human application due to the potential risks from contamination. The husband and wife say they suffered severe and sudden shock, stress, trauma and injury.
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