ASSISTED CONCEPTION PROCEDURES
Parliament of Singapore · 23 March 2009
Official Report, 23 March 2009, Vol 85, Issue 18 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
ASSISTED CONCEPTION PROCEDURES
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Dr Fatimah Lateef asked the Minister for Health (a) what is the take-up rate and how many people/couples have been funded for the Assisted Conception Procedures at restructured hospitals since September 2008; and (b) on average, how many cycles are they funded for.
Mr Khaw Boon Wan: Co-funding for Assisted Reproductive Technology such as IVF was introduced in August 2008. From September to December 2008, 335 couples have benefited from it. They accounted for 65% of the total fresh IVF cycles conducted in the restructured hospitals. Seventy percent of them enjoyed the maximum co-funding of $3,000 per IVF cycle.
As the scheme is still new, the vast majority of them were on their first IVF cycle.
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Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 23 March 2009. Republished on SGParliament.