SYNOPSIS

FERTILITY CENTER , MOTHER AND CHILD HOSPITAL

INTRODUCTION
• DETERMINING THE ROOT CAUSE OF INFERTILITY IS A COMPLEX
P R O C E S S A N D I T I N VO LV E S A L O T O F R E S E A R C H A N D .
INVESTIGATIONS.
• RANGING FROM THE SIMPLE AND VISIBLE PROBLEM OF CYST,
FIBROID OR HORMONAL IMBALANCE TO A VERY COMPLEX
GENETIC DISORDER OR EVEN DUE TO SOME OCCUPATIONAL HAZ-
A R D S L I K E E X P O S U R E T O C H E M I C A L S U B S TA N C E S O R
RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; IT CAN BE ANYTHING.
• IT'S LIKE SEARCHING FOR A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK. INFERTILITY,
IN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, HAS BECOME QUITE COMMON THESE
DAYS. RESEARCH SUGGESTS THERE HAS BEEN A 20-30 PER CENT
RISE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN INDIA.
• IT IS NO LONGER AN URBAN PHENOMENON, NOR IS IT CONFINED TO
WOMEN.
• IN A MODERNISED SOCIETY, THE PROBLEM OF INFERTILITY HAS
WIDENED ITS REACH THAT HAS IMPACTED MEN, DUE TO URBAN
SETTINGS AND SURFACING IN TIER 2 AND TIER 3 CITIES TOO.
• INCREASING INFERTILITY RATES ARE BASED ON THE LIFESTYLE
CHANGES RESULTING IN STRESS AND OBESITY CAUSED BY LACK OF
PHYSICAL EXERCISE, CHANGES IN EATING HABITS AND POLLUTION
ACCOMPANIED BY MEDICAL DISORDERS LIKE DIABETES.
• ABOUT 45 PER CENT OF COUPLES FACE INFERTILITY PROBLEMS AS
IT NOT ONLY LIMITED TO WOMEN, THE MOST COMMON PROBLEMS
M E N FA C E A R E L O W S P E R M C O U N T, M O R P H O L O G Y
ABNORMALITIES AND LOW MOTILITY OF SPERM
• A MOTHER AND CHILD HOSPITAL, ALSO LYING-IN HOSPITAL
• (ARCHAIC), IS A HOSPITAL THAT SPECIALIZES IN CARING FOR
WOMEN WHILE THEY ARE PREGNANT AND DURING CHILDBIRTH.
MATERNITY HOSPITALS ALSO PROVIDE CARE FOR NEWBORN
INFANTS, AND MAY ACT AS CENTRES FOR CLINICAL TRAINING IN
MIDWIFERY AND OBSTETRICS.
AIM
THE FERTILITY CLINIC IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE HIGHEST
POSSIBLE STANDARD OF CARE. AND TO CONTINUALLY STRIVES FOR
IMPROVEMENT IN FERTILITY TREATMENTS. KNOWLEDGE-LED PRAC-
TICE, INNOVATION AND THE CONSTANT REVIEW OF ALL ASPECTS OF
TREATMENT AND SERVICES MEANS AND TO OFFER PATIENTS THE BEST
POSSIBLE CHANCE OF GETTING PREGNANT.
TO BE THE “CENTRE-OF-EXCELLENCE” IN PROVIDING QUALITY
HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE COUNTRY.
• TO PROVIDE "EXCELLENCE” IN QUALITY CARE THROUGH HIGHEST
STANDARDS OF EXPERTISE AND PASSION.
• TO DEMONSTRATE “CARE AND WARMTH” SO THAT PATIENTS
ARE COMFORTABLE SHARING, EXPRESSING AND SEEKING SUPPORT.
• TO BUILD “TRUST” BY DEMONSTRATING GENUINE CARE FOR
WELL-BEING, CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION AND
SWIFT RESPONSIVENESS.

HISTORY FOR FERTILITY CENTER

THE FIRST DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY WAS ESTAB-
LISHED AT THE JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS BY DR.
GEORGEANNA SEEGAR JONES IN 1939. DR. GEORGEANNA JONES
BECAME THE FIRST FULL-TIME GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGIST
AT A MEDICAL SCHOOL. DR. HOWARD W. JONES, JR., ONE OF THE
FOREMOST PELVIC SURGEONS OF HIS GENERATION, ESTABLISHED AN
INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION IN REPARATIVE AND RECONSTRUCTIVE
SURGERY OF THE FEMALE GENITAL TRACT. DR. HOWARD W. JONES,
JR.'S SKILL IN SURGERY AND DR. GEORGEANNA SEEGAR JONES'
EXPERTISE IN ENDOCRINOLOGY MADE THEM A HIGHLY RESPECTED,
WELL-ROUNDED TEAM THAT WORKED CLOSELY WITH RESIDENTS AND
F E L L O W S T O P R O V I D E A N E X PA N D I N G K N O W L E D G E O F
ENDOCRINOLOGY BEFORE A FORMALIZED SUB-SPECIALTY TRAINING
PROGRAM IN THIS AREA WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD
OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. PAST GRADUATES OF THE JOHNS
HOPKINS TRAINING PROGRAM, BEFORE IT WAS CERTIFIED BY THE
AMERICAN BOARD OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, INCLUDES DRS.
THEODORE BARAMKI, DIVISION DIRECTOR OF REPRODUCTIVE EN-
DOCRINOLOGY AT THE GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER,
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, BARRY VERKAUF, FORMER DIVISION
DIRECTOR OF REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTH FLORIDA, AND PAUL KATAYAMA, DIRECTOR OF THE
WISCONSIN FERTILITY CENTER. A FORMALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM
IN REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, APPROVED BY THE AMERICAN
BOARD OF OBSTETRICS AND
GYNECOLOGY, WAS BEGUN AT HOPKINS IN 1973 AND DR. ANNE WENTZ
WAS THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL TO RECEIVE THIS FELLOWSHIP TRAINING.
WHEN DRS. GEORGEANNA AND HOWARD JONES MOVED TO NORFOLK,
VIRGINIA TO JOIN THE EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL
 A BOARD-APPROVED PROGRAM IN REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
WAS ABSENT FROM HOPKINS FROM 1978-80. IN 1981 A NEW BOARD
APPROVED PROGRAM IN REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY WAS
BEGUN AT HOPKINS UNDER THE DIRECTORSHIP OF DR. JOHN ROCK
WHO REMAINED IN THIS POSITION UNTIL HE RESIGNED IN 1991 TO
BECOME CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND
GYNECOLOGY AT UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN BALTIMORE,
MARYLAND. IN MARCH 1991, DR. HOWARD A. ZACUR ASSUMED THE
DIRECTORSHIP OF THE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM WHICH RECEIVED
BOARD APPROVAL IN 1992.

HISTORY OF MOTHER AND CHILD CARE HOSPITAL

RESEARCH INTO OLD RECORDS HAS SHOWN THAT QUEEN

CHARLOTTE'S MATERNITY HOSPITAL ORIGINATED IN 1739 WHEN SIR
RICHARD MANNINGHAM FOUNDED A HOSPITAL IN A
SEVENTEEN-ROOMED HOUSE IN JERMYN STREET, KNOWN AS THE
GENERAL LYING IN HOSPITAL. ITS NAME WAS CHANGED IN 1810, WHEN
QUEEN CHARLOTTE BECAME ITS PATRON, TO THE QUEEN'S LYING-IN
HOSPITAL, AND AFTER HER DEATH THE TITLE OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE’S
LYING IN HOSPITAL WAS ASSUMED. A ROYAL CHARTER OF !3 14 September
2017 INCORPORATION WAS GRANTED IN 1885 AND WHEN THIS WAS
AMENDED IN 1924, THE PRESENT NAME CAME INTO USE.

METHOD OF STUDY:
THE STUDY INCLUDES:
1. PARTS OF EACH DIVISION.
2. THE FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP B/W THE PARTS OF EACH
DIVISION.
3. AREA OF THE DIVISION. DEPENDING ON:
▪ RECOMMENDATIONS AND STUDIES OF LARGE WHO
EXPERTS.
“DISTRICT HOSPITALS: GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT”, WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION, GENEVA, 1992.
▪ RECOMMENDATIONS AND STUDIES OF LARGE WORLD
BANK EXPERTS
“BUILDING FOR HEALTH CARE: A GUIDE FOR PLANNERS AND ARCHI-
TECTS OF FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL FACILITIES”, WORLD BANK, 1996.