This article
in the San Jose Mercury news reveals that a physician whose fertility clinic transfered the wrong embryos (leading to an unanticipated custody battle) and then lied to the patients involved continues to practice medicine and was even listed as a recommended provider by RESOLVE until the reporters contacted them asking for comment. Many of us have criticized the infertility industry for failure to self regulate in the face of insufficient oversight, but this story really brings it home. Several years after investigators concluded there was serious wrong doing and that the physician is a risk to public health, he continues to offer his services.
Labels: custody battle, failure to self-regulate, IVF, risk to public health, what does it take?, wrong embryos