Update from India -Hyderabad and Gurgaon!!

late last week Tatiana Goncalves and Sandro Menzes from Brasil  were blessed with a healthy baby boy.

So congratulations to them!!
the Hot Summer is coming to an End with the arrival of Monsoon and the Rains!! it's getting cooler by the day in Hyderabad
Gurgaon is very hot because the rains begin a little later in the northern part of the country
we had our first batch of cases in Gurgaon last month and we achieved a 50% pregnancy rate which is good according to International standards but i am not happy,i believe we can do more and i have spoken to the team in Gurgaon about it!!
it is a small and modest start but we hope to help more couples there when our presence is more noticed as within a 2 mile radius there are 8 other facilities which offer fertility treatments!! it is competitive but i wouldn't have it any other way!!

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Thai set to ban commercial surrogacy

After a brief lull,Thai Surrogacy is again back in the news
Thailand`s parliament has voted to ban commercial surrogacy after outrage erupted following allegations an Australian couple abandoned a baby with Down`s syndrome, a legislator said Friday.

A draft bill -- which would see anyone profiting off surrogacy given a maximum ten year prison sentence -- passed its first reading in the country`s military-stacked Parliament on Thursday, legislator Wallop Tungkananurak said.
"We want to put an end to this idea in foreigners` minds that Thailand is a baby factory," he told AFP.
"The bill was adopted with overwhelming support."

http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/thai-parliament-votes-to-ban-commercial-surrogacy_1506167.html

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National Policy Dialogue on Surrogacy in India

On 23rd of September i was in New Delhi where i was invited to be part of a panel Discussion on issues related to Surrogacy in India,the Conference was organised by CSR which is a national body working on issues related to Gender equality and Empowerment of women.
Their head Dr.Ranjana Kumari is a dynamic lady who has been working for causes related to upliftment of women in India for the last 35 years.it was a heated debate between the Pro and Anti Surrogacy Groups but everyone did reach a consensus that there should be more transparency and more public awareness to be created about Surrogacy in INDIA.
it was a wonderful experience to hear from Dr.R.S.Sharma who is the main in charge for drafting of the ART draft bill which includes the laws related to Surrogacy in INDIA and catching up with the leading practitioners of ART in the country.

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