Hyderabad: The Telangana State Commission for Women has issued notices to five fertility centres over allegations of illegally retrieving eggs from women in violation of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, and sought written explanations from their managements.
The centres include Indira IVF Centre, Narmada Fertility Centre, Oasis Fertility Centre, Sadguru ART Centre and Padmaja Fertility Centre.
Following the notices, the managing directors, medical superintendents and centre heads of all five centres appeared before the Commission at its office in Buddha Bhavan on Monday. They were directed to submit written explanations to Commission Chairperson Sharada Nerella.
The inquiry will examine whether the centres violated provisions of the ART Act, 2021, which mandates written consent from egg donors, adherence to medical safeguards and compliance with prescribed limits on egg retrieval.
The Commission will scrutinise the explanations submitted by the centres and examine the available evidence before deciding on further action. It may also issue directions to the concerned authorities based on its findings.
The investigation aims to establish whether the alleged practices compromised women's health, dignity and reproductive rights.