A ray of hope for childless couples
If dancing in Obando isn’t enough, pack your bags and fly to Taiwan instead. There’s a prestigious reproductive medical center there that can help you conceive.
Having a baby is one of the most wonderful experiences in a couple’s life. Sadly, it is not as easily achievable for some. While there are no quick tips for coping with childlessness, the situation is not as bleak as it was years ago.
Now, couples struggling to start a family — either medically or biologically — have options available to them.
And if dancing in Obando isn’t enough, pack your bags and fly to Taiwan instead. There’s a prestigious reproductive medical center there that can help you conceive.
With over 32 years of clinical experience in reproductive medicine, Lee Women’s Hospital in Taiwan has helped around 500 Filipino couples alone make their (baby) dreams come true since 1982.
This we found out at the 2018 Taiwan Healthcare Industry Trade Meeting, brought to the country by the Taiwan External Trade Council (Taitra), held recently at Manila Hotel.
With the theme “Enjoy a Healthier Life with Taiwan Medical Services,” the event highlighted the expertise of the elite community of medical practitioners in the country.
Taiwan’s medical industry has been ranked as third in the world, consistently recognized as being among industry leaders in terms of innovation capability, global competitiveness, enterprise support and entrepreneurship.
During the Taiwan Excellence 2017 celebration, one of the events was the gathering of families together with their children who got a chance to meet other parents who underwent IVF treatment and to meet Dr. Lee Maw Sheng of Lee Women’s Hospital
During the event, Taiwanese companies took the stage to share their experience and research on the topics of Taiwan healthcare and medical services, as well as medical technologies related to cancer treatment and genetic testing.
One of the hospitals featured was Lee Women’s Hospital, the largest and No. 1 reproductive medical center in Taiwan in terms of test-tube babies it has produced. It’s the same hospital that has helped over 500 Filipino couples become parents!
Lee Women’s Hospital has successfully applied a 3.5 generation IVF technology in treating infertility. IVF is the process of fertilization by extracting eggs, retrieving a sperm sample, and then manually combining eggs and sperm in a laboratory dish. The embryo is then transferred to the uterus.
“The newer treatment option is conducted in the aid of a time lapse embryo imaging system coupled with AI, and has been proven to be effective in significantly improving a pregnancy rate to 80 percent,” enthused Stacy Ni, international coordinator, Department of International Affairs, Lee Women’s Hospital. “This is due to the data analysis accomplished by AI, which provides endocrinologists more effective observations on speed reaction diffusion and other factors in embryogenesis.”
In addition to IVF, Lee Women’s Hospital also excels in infertility evaluation and reproductive technologies.
“The hospital also introduced the advanced sperm diagnostic tool HBA (hyaluronan binding assay) into evaluation of male infertility in Asia. It has also applied ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) and detection of spindle birefringence in fertilization, with clinical trial results showing that a combination of the two technologies greatly raises pregnancy rate to more than 85 percent while contributing to the improvement of embryo quality,” Ni added.
During the Taiwan Excellence 2017 celebration held last year, Dr. Lee Maw Sheng of Lee Women’s Hospital had a reunion with the Filipino couples — together with their children — who had successful IVF, delivering more than 500 healthy IVF babies.
Filipino couples, together with their IVF babies, had a reunion with Dr. Lee Maw Sheng of Lee Women’s Hospital in 2017.
Aside from Lee Women’s Hospital, five other hospitals showcased their latest products and services. These included MacKay Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Royal 101 International health Co. Ltd., Taiwan Nobel Eye and Aesthetic Medical Group and the National Taiwan University Hospital.
There were also four featured health companies: Biology Corporation Ltd., Lite-Med Inc., ATC Genomics Co. Ltd. and Healthcare Industry Development Association across the Strait.
After the fora, the floor was opened for medical consultations among attendants. Examinations were carried out by Taiwanese doctors and experts specializing in ophthalmology, urology, hair restoration, cardiovascular medicine, otolaryngology and precision medicine.
As a leading healthcare service hub in the region, Taiwan’s medical services have the reputation of being safe, professional and customer-oriented.
To safeguard the standards, industry players submit themselves to accreditation and inspection by global reviewers such as the Joint Commission International (JCI).
As of 2017, 14 Taiwanese hospitals and clinics have been accredited by the JCI, based on the world’s most reliable set of hospital assessment Criteria.
Well, this explains why over 300,000 overseas patients came to Taiwan for medical attention in 2016, one-fourth of whom came from Southeast Asia.
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For inquiries, call Taiwan External Trade Development Council (Taitra) at 551-7349 or 551-7281.
