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Virk Infertility Centre

Virk Hospital, led by Dr SPS Virk, in Jalandhar, has completed 15-years in leading the way in infertility management

Virk Infertility Centre For Human Reproduction, an ISO 9001-2000 certified ART centre, offers a comprehensive range of infertility services under-one-roof. It is known for innovation, integrity, medical and technical excellence, personalised services, and consistent willingness to accept patients facing the most difficult medical challenges

Virk Hospital, led by Dr SPS Virk, in Jalandhar, has completed 15-years in leading the way in infertility management. Virk Hospital takes pride in giving more than 9,000 successful pregnancies through IVF, ICSI, IUI, gift semen bank, laparoscopy, ova and embryo bank. The centre is under the medical and scientific control of internationally acclaimed IVF specialists.

Transparency

Virk Rotunda Centre for Human Reproduction is well known for its transparency in the IVF programme. All patients are given IVF summary and digital photographs of all embryos that are transferred. The IVF summary includes drugs used for ovarian stimulation, eggs retrieved and numbers of embryos transferred

Counseling

Undergoing assisted conception can be stressful. It has psychiatrists who help patients at all stages of treatment. For some treatments, counseling is mandatory. In addition, it has patient support group meetings which offer regular talks giving information on all aspects of treatment. This is an opportunity to meet other couples who are going through treatment. Many couples find this service to be of enormous benefit.

Infrastructure

The centre boasts of state-of-the-art IVF-ICSI labs and theatre, which are of international standards and designed and equipped as per the demands of NRI and overseas patients. It is the only centre in India having seven CO2 incubators.

Services offered:
  • Basic work-up of the infertile couple
  • One stop fertility diagnostic services including hormonal testing.
  • Diagnostic laparoscopy and hysteroscopy.
  • Reproductive endoscopic surgery including fallopian tube recanalization
  • Recurrent pregnancy loss clinic.
  • Minimally invasive ultrasound guided procedures. Uterine cavity assessment (Sonocontrast hysterography).
  • Artificial insemination, semen cryopreservation, semen processing.
  • Ovulation induction and monitoring.
  • Evaluation of male patient.
  • Intrauterine insemination.
  • GIFT, ZIFT.
  • In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF)
  • Embryo Freezing.
  • Oocyte donor programme.
  • Surrogacy.
  • Assisted hatching.
  • Surgical sperm retrieval (PESA/MESA/TESA/TESE), and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI).

Treatment Facilities

"The centre has in-house pathology, endoscopy and sonography services, the couple can avail of all their investigations at the center itself"

- Dr SPS Virk
Founder, Virk Hospital, Jalandhar

The centre has all the facilities required to deliver a full range of services to couples requiring assistance conceiving. This ensures that patients are required to visit only one site for all stages of their diagnosis and treatments.

Some of the treatments may involve two procedures being carried out within a couple of days. Some couples may find it more convenient to stay locally for this time rather than go home and have to return-particularly if they live some distance from the centre. Likewise, for some couples it may be preferable to have accommodation locally the night before treatment to avoid an early morning journey. Whatever the reasons, if patients require accommodation, the hospital can help you find suitable accommodation in the vicinity.

Success Stories

More than 9,000 patients conceived in this hospital through IVF, ICSI and IUI, which is a record of its kind. It deals with all aspects of management of male and female infertility and also have one of North India's largest human sperm banking facilities. It also does long-term sperm Cryopreservation for cancer-afflicted young men. It has established ourselves as a center for excellence in donor egg IVF and gestational surrogacy.

The centre has in-house pathology, endoscopy and sonography services which couple can avail of all their investigations at the center itself. In case of a super stimulated cycle, all injections can be administered by trained staff between 9.00am to 9.00 pm (IST). For patients requiring counseling, it has Dr Vibha Chitkara and Dr Geeta Digra. It has tied with a ground logistics company to facilitate patients. There team of professional managers work round-the-clock to make your stay comfortable, facilitating a 'home away from home' experience. Be it receiving you at the airport, overseeing your hospital stay arrangements, hotel bookings, local transport, ticketing and visa support, sightseeing, or just helping you pick a last minute gift for your family back home. From the time you arrive in India, till the time of your departure, the team will ensure that your time is efficiently spent, pre and post treatment.

Since Rotunda-Virk Jalandhar was founded in 1994, the focus has been dedication, innovation, excellence, and caring—these are the qualities on which its reputation is and will continue to be based.

 


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