Man whose sperms were preserved at Vadodara hospital dies of Covid

VADODARA: The 29-year-old man whose sperms were collected and preserved as he was on the verge of losing his battle against Covid-19, died at a city-based hospital on Thursday morning.
The man breathed his last due to multiple organ failure. But before he succumbed his sperms were collected and preserved at the hospital following orders issued by the Gujarat high court.
When the patient was on a life support system, his wife had moved the HC pleading that the sperms of her husband be preserved so that she can conceive through IVF if her husband does not recover.
Anil Nambiar, zonal director of Sterling Hospitals said that the man died early on Thursday morning. He added that the body was handed over to the family.
The woman had to move the HC as the pending Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill stipulates that no man’s sperm can be obtained without his consent. The hospital management had insisted on a court order in the absence of consent.
The HC on Tuesday directed Sterling Hospital at Vadodara to preserve the sperm as sought by his wife. The testicular sperm extraction (TESE) was done and the sperms were preserved in the lab.