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Who's India's first test tube baby?
Updated On: 29 December, 2009 07:30 AM IST | | Alisha Coelho and Ashish Rane
Records say it's Harsha Chawda (24), but Kruti Parekh (25) says she's the first
Records say it's Harsha Chawda (24), but Kruti Parekh (25) says she's the first
Controversy over India's first test tube baby erupted after the airing of the show Raaz Pichhle Janam Ka on NDTV Imagine on December 25 where magician Kruti Parekh (25) claimed that she was the country's first IVF baby.
Her declaration on the show has the documented first IVF baby and her doctor up in arms. According to documentation, Harsha Chawda is recorded as the country's first IVF baby in 1985.
The doctor who made it possible, Indira Hinduja, said, "I don't know how they can make such a claim.
The baby was not created in India so how can she be the country's first baby? They are merely acting upon a technicality," said Hinduja.
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Baby No 1: Harsha Chawda is recorded as the country's first IVF baby. Dr Indira Hindujau00a0made it possible in 1985 |
According to Kruti's parents, the fertilisation was performed by Dr Patrick Steptoe, the man who first developed the technique along with Dr Robert Edwards in the UK.
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However, the Cesarean delivery took place in Kolkata. Said Subhash Parekh, Kruti's father and a Walkeshwar-based jeweller, "We're leaving it to the people to decide who came first.
We had read about Dr Steptoe delivering the world's first test tube baby and approached him. Kruti was born in 1984 and Harsha was born in 1986 and they are both test tube babies.
We're not trying to steal credit from anyone here. We just want that our daughter is appreciated."
Meanwhile, Harsha has other concerns. "I am still living in a rented apartment. The government promised me housing because I was the first test tube baby.
What happens tomorrow when the officials come by to verify the facts and they say that they saw another 'first test tube baby' on television?
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