Topic: Octuplets doctor has another patient expecting quadruplets
franshade's photo
Fri 02/13/09 05:08 AM
The patient, who is in her late 40s, wanted one baby. Dr. Michael Kamrava transferred at least seven embryos to her. She is now hospitalized without insurance.

A few months after Dr. Michael Kamrava helped Nadya Suleman become pregnant with octuplets, he transferred at least seven embryos to another patient.

She was in her late 40s and wanted just one baby. Now she's five months pregnant with quadruplets and hospitalized at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, according to several sources familiar with the situation.

The new case could add to concerns about Kamrava's practice and about whether the fertility industry needs more regulation.

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-me-octuplets13-2009feb13,0,5958113.story?track=rss

beachbum069's photo
Fri 02/13/09 05:24 AM
frustrated slaphead

Moondark's photo
Fri 02/13/09 05:28 AM
Didn't they used to implant more than one or two because that way it ensured at least one or two would take? But medical science in this area has gotten so much better, embryos not taking hold just isn't an issue anymore.

MsCarmen's photo
Fri 02/13/09 05:43 AM
Typically, they only implant two. But it sounds to me like this Doctor is doing this for either the notoriety or for kicks, or maybe both.

Either way, it's unfair to the Mother.

franshade's photo
Fri 02/13/09 06:07 AM
Either this doctor is really good at his job, w/his birth rate so high or just reckless.

I wonder does he donate his time and services as this woman is on bed rest and doesn't have insurance?

Or is he exhibiting a "God Complex"?


MsCarmen's photo
Fri 02/13/09 06:12 AM

Either this doctor is really good at his job, w/his birth rate so high or just reckless.

I wonder does he donate his time and services as this woman is on bed rest and doesn't have insurance?

Or is he exhibiting a "God Complex"?



It's a scary thought, but I'm leaning towards the "God Complex" theory.

Those are the worse and scariest kind of Doctors (if you want to even call them a Doctor) because they are completely unpredictable and they will stop at nothing to achieve that goal.

Moondark's photo
Fri 02/13/09 06:38 AM
Somehow, I am agreeing with this "God Complex" idea.

franshade's photo
Fri 02/13/09 06:42 AM
Were I to side with the Medical aspect of this procedure, the women are made aware of the risks with in vitro; including the possibility of multiples. Women are also advised to reduce the number of multiple babies they carry.

Maybe he has perfected the procedure, should he not be more responsible with it? Maybe he has figured out how to get the embryos to take? Maybe he has made medical advances.


no photo
Fri 02/13/09 07:41 AM

The new case could add to concerns about Kamrava's practice and about whether the fertility industry needs more regulation.


Duh, ya think? What the heck does the doctor care, he gets paid. But more likely we are paying for those that don't have insurance, and in some cases are on welfare like the other woman.

I would say this doctor is irresponsible. But if the women are aware they might have lots more, then they share in that irresponsibility. And we share the expense if they can't.

What is a god complex?

franshade's photo
Fri 02/13/09 07:48 AM
My definition of "god complex" - a person generally believes they are above the rules of society.

But has the doctor been paid??? These 2 women now confirmed on newspaper articles are uninsured.

MsCarmen's photo
Fri 02/13/09 07:52 AM
Well somebody paid for it in one way or another because Medicaid doesn't cover procedures like that.

franshade's photo
Fri 02/13/09 07:58 AM

Well somebody paid for it in one way or another because Medicaid doesn't cover procedures like that.


frustrated but Medicaid will pay for the children's medical care now frustrated all their medical care frustrated

rant not children's fault, but definitely not fair to the working class rant who have to go without medical insurance