夫婦因胚胎丟失起訴科羅拉多生育診所

　　Couple sue Colorado fertility clinic over loss of embryos

　　一對美國夫婦正在起訴一家試管受精診所，因為他們沒有正確儲存七個胚胎，從而破壞了它們。

　　來自華盛頓州皮爾斯縣的Kara Seldin-Howell和Kolton Howell在科羅拉多州科羅拉多斯普林斯的CNY Fertility接受了體外受精治療，并被告知創(chuàng)造了七個可存活的胚胎。這對夫婦計劃在冷凍胚胎之前對胚胎進(jìn)行植入前基因檢測。然而，在他們胚胎誕生的消息傳出兩天后，來自CNY的Paul Margarelli博士告訴這對夫婦，診所工作人員無意中毀壞了所有七個胚胎。

　　訴訟稱：“CNY Fertility的內(nèi)部實驗室專業(yè)人員未能正確放置油培養(yǎng)基——即“模擬輸*管內(nèi)部環(huán)境的滋養(yǎng)培養(yǎng)基”……以保護(hù)胚胎并促進(jìn)其生長。它繼續(xù)說：“由于未能將油培養(yǎng)基正確放置在培養(yǎng)皿中，CNY Fertility導(dǎo)致胚胎變干并死亡。”

　　法律投訴指控該診所“嚴(yán)重疏忽和魯莽的作為和不作為”，導(dǎo)致胚胎遭到破壞。塞爾丁-豪厄爾描述了“情緒過山車”，因為她和她的丈夫發(fā)現(xiàn)了他們的胚胎誕生的消息，緊隨其后的是他們意外毀壞的消息。這對夫婦聲稱由于損失而遭受了經(jīng)濟(jì)損失以及“嚴(yán)重的情感創(chuàng)傷”。

　　這對夫婦的律師——Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway&Wise的Adam Wolf認(rèn)為這一事件是可以預(yù)防的：缺乏對體外受精行業(yè)的監(jiān)督”。

　　A US couple is suing an IVF clinic for destroying seven embryos by not storing them correctly.

　　Kara Seldin-Howell and Kolton Howell from Pierce County,Washington,had IVF treatment at CNY Fertility in Colorado Springs,Colorado,and were informed that seven viable embryos were created.The couple was planning to have preimplantation genetic testing conducted on the embryos before freezing them.However,two days after the news of their embryos'creation,Dr Paul Margarelli from CNY informed the couple that clinic staff had inadvertently destroyed all seven.

　　According to the lawsuit:'CNY Fertility's in-house laboratory professionals had failed to properly place an oil medium–the same"nourishing media that mimics the internal environment of a fallopian tube"...to preserve the embryos and facilitate their growth.'It continues:'By failing to properly place the oil medium in the petri dish,CNY Fertility caused the embryos to dry out and die.'

　　The legal complaint accuses the clinic of'gross negligence and reckless acts and omissions'that led to the destruction of the embryos.Seldin-Howell described a'rollercoaster of emotions'as she and her husband discovered the news of their embryos'creation,followed almost immediately by the news of their accidental destruction.The couple claims to have suffered financial harm as well as'severe emotional trauma'as a result of the loss.

　　The couple's lawyer–Adam Wolf of Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway&Wise–believes the incident was preventable:'The fact that CNY Fertility could destroy our clients'embryos and only now promise to start"double-checking"laboratory work speaks volumes about the lack of oversight of the IVF industry'.