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New Delhi:The Director General Medical Services (DGMS) has come up with additional Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) centres to help Army personnel avail better treatment for fertility issues, ThePrint has learnt...
Sources in the defence and security establishment told ThePrint that the motive is to make treatment easier for the army officers and jawans along with their spouses posted in different parts of the country..
Earlier, such cases were given postings where the couples could get such specialised treatment...
Sources told ThePrint that if treatment at the Level 1 centres is not sufficient, the couples can avail services of Level 2 centres...
With more hospitals having gynaecology departments designated as ART centres, postings will not be limited and treatment can be undertaken without delay in the existing stations, sources said.. With fertility clinics having opened up in small towns and cities, this provision would help couples get treatment even in remote parts of the country by travelling to the nearest town for such a treatment, a source explained...
