Mater Dei reviewing IVF incubation processes after technical fault

Mater Dei Hospital will be reviewing its IVF incubation processes now that an inquiry looking into damage to the hospital’s incubator last year has been concluded. Health Minister Chris Fearne called the independent inquiry after a technical fault was reported at Mater Dei’s IVF incubator in January 2017. The incubator had been carrying embryos in the process of being implanted as part of the IVF process. A Health Ministry spokeswoman told the Times of Malta that the findings of the inquiry, led by Judge Albert J. Magri, which was concluded and handed over to the minister this month, have been communicated to the affected people. She insisted that it was only fair to discuss the matter with the involved parties before the information was made public. The meeting between the parents and hospital management took place on Saturday. Sources told this newspaper yesterday that at the meeting, couples were offered reimbursement for their expenses, however no offers of compensation were put on the table. The parents, the sources added, were unlikely to take further action on the matter. The spokeswoman wouldn’t divulge any details of the findings, saying instead that the minister would...