Question:Where was the first girl child born through uterine transplant technique in India?
(a)New Delhi
(b)Kolkata
(c)Chennai
(d)Pune
Answer :(d)
Related facts:
- On 18 October 2018 in Pune, a baby girl was born to a woman Meenakshi Walan after going through uterus transplant.
- Meenakshi Walan is a resident of Vadodara,Gujarat who underwent the transplant in May 2017.
- The first uterine transplant in the world was done in 2002.Since then, there have been 27 such transplants, with only 11 women going on to have successful deliveries.
Uterus transplant:
- The uterine transplantis the surgical procedure whereby a healthy uterus is transplanted into an organism of which the uterus is absent or diseased.
By Ramayan Upadhyay
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