Overview
- On June 5, a patient at Monash IVF’s Clayton clinic in Melbourne received her own embryo instead of her partner’s during a planned IVF transfer.
- Monash IVF has launched an internal investigation into the Melbourne error and expanded Fiona McLeod AO SC’s independent review to include both the Melbourne and Brisbane incidents.
- The earlier Brisbane mix-up, discovered in February, led to a Queensland woman giving birth to a child with no genetic link to her after another patient’s embryo was stored with her own.
- Monash IVF has notified the Reproductive Technology Accreditation Committee, the Victorian Health Regulator and its insurers about the June 5 incident.
- The group’s share price plunged by over 20 percent to a near five-year low following the disclosures of both embryo transfer mistakes.