Medicine & Surgery
India's first IVF baby
1978 CESubhash MukhopadhyayMukhopadhyay's workBengal
1978Corrected
Independently developed in-vitro fertilisation, producing India's first (the world's second) test-tube baby, 'Durga'.
- Dated
- 1978
- As scholars put it
- 1978 CE
- Originator
- Subhash Mukhopadhyay
- Source text
- Mukhopadhyay's work
- Region
- Bengal
- Discipline
- Medicine & Surgery
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Corrected
Meanwhile in the West
Robert Edwards/Patrick Steptoe in Britain (Louise Brown, born about ten weeks earlier, 25 July 1978; Durga was born 3 October 1978).
Fair to say
Officials blocked recognition; Mukhopadhyay was vindicated only posthumously - a cautionary tale, not a triumph.
Path to modern innovation
IVF is now routine assisted reproduction worldwide.
Transmission
Achieved in Kolkata with improvised equipment, including a household refrigerator.
References
- 1Histories of IVF
- 2Indian medical records
Further reading
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