CIMAR (Centre for Infertility Management & Assisted Reproduction), the first IVF centre of northern Kerala was launched in September 1996 as a project of Edappal Hospitals (P) Ltd, Edappal. In fact, it was the Infertility Division of the Obstetrics & Gynaecology department of this hospital who did pioneering work in endoscopy and related fields which was transformed into CIMAR, when the IVF facili
ties were added. Naturally CIMAR became the leader in infertility treatment in northern Kerala. CIMAR acquired state level recognition when Intra Cytoplasmic S***m Injection (ICSI) embracing PESA, TESA, TESE and MESA were introduced here in 1997 for the first time in Kerala. CIMAR further created history by giving birth to two lovely babies (twins) to a fortunate mother (who conceived through ICSI treatment here) on 28th October '98. CIMAR was the first centre in the whole of India to produce a baby using Recombinant FSH (Recagon). CIMAR created one more historic moment when a 48 year old Postmenopausal (who ceased to have monthly periods) woman gave birth to a baby through the ICSI treatment using her husband's s***ms and a donor oocyte. Today CIMAR has an advanced genetic laboratory with computerised automated Karyotyping and FISH facilities which has further enhanced the Fetal Medicine Department. For the first time in South India and the second time in our country a healthy baby boy was born to a couple from Palakkad on June 26th 2001 with the help of PGD. These facilities for PGD are available only in very few countries around the world. This has given CIMAR a fixed place in the international scenario. New Techniques like IVM (In Vitro Maturation) and IMSI (Intracytoplasmic Morphologically selected S***m Injection) are also available here along with the regular facilities which are available at all IVF centres worldwide. Equipments like Eppendoff Micromanipulator and Octax System for IMSI & LASER are some of the equipments which only few centres around the globe can boast of. Our ART lab as well as the Laparoscopic Theatre, which has been made according to international standards are one of the most sophisticated in India. Also a team of Fetal Medicine experts, Geneticist and Neonatologist together give genetic counselling at CIMAR on a regular basis.
