“Maria” is one of 15 hospitals in the namesake network, five of which are located outside Korea. The Seoul branch, founded in 1967, is ranked among the top 5 infertility hospitals in the world. The staff currently includes 35 professional embryologists and reproductive specialists, utilizing the latest technologies to study and treat infertility. Their efforts have yielded remarkable results:
- The hospital performs over 16,000 IVF procedures each year;
- In 2016, the 90,000th child conceived through IVF was born.
The hospital’s achievements are largely due to its technical equipment:
- Modern laboratory;
- A 24-hour embryo monitoring system — this ensures a stable and safe environment while tracking any changes;
- IVF without hormonal stimulation of ovulation — doctors retrieve immature eggs, cultivate them, and perform fertilization. This allows patients to reduce procedure costs and avoid the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome;
- Preimplantation genetic diagnosis — determines the presence of genetic abnormalities in embryos.
Doctors at the hospital employ high-tech methods that require extensive experience and precision, which is achieved with advanced equipment.
To protect patient data and eliminate the possibility of errors, identification by wrist vein pattern has been implemented — an even more reliable method than fingerprint recognition.
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