About Fertimed

Fertimed’s Background

After more than a decade as the head of the Infertility Outpatient Unit at Palacky University Hospital in Olomouc, Dr. Sobek MD, decided to open a private infertility centre in 1992.

Dr. Sobek has brought together an internationally renowned team of specialists whose common belief in patient care is putting the patient first. By housing the entire treatment centre under one roof they are able to use state-of-the-art facilities to both ensure patient comfort and maintain a high level of efficiency. The centrum belongs to the third center in the CR, which have a permit to work issued by SUKL (State Institute for Drug Control).

Fertimed opened its doors in 1992 and performed its first IVF cycle two years later. In 1995 the Centre was granted permission from the Czech Ministry of Health to perform all methods of assisted procreation. In the same year the first ICSI baby in Czech Republic was born in this centre. In that same year, Fertimed became the second infertility centre in the Czech Republic to have the birth of a baby after the transfer of a cryopreserved embryo. Two years later, in 1997, Fertimed’s success was recognized by the national government when it was awarded the Czech Ministry of Health Research Project Award, the first time a private gynecological centre has won the award.

Later that same year Fertimed expanded its facilities and moved into its new location. The Centre houses all standard infertility diagnostic equipment, a full-scale surgery, an embryology laboratory as well as comfortable consultation and treatment rooms.

Ultrasonographically guided transvaginale hydrolaparoscopy is new method, which was developed in FERTIMED. This is completely outpatient procedure of exploring female pelvis, which is safe. All procedure is controlled by ultrasound.

IVF Success at Fertimed

At Fertimed the overall pregnancy rate is higher than 35% per embryo transfer, a consistently higher rate than the usual reports of 20 - 30%. Good results can be reached because program of checking all aspects of ART (comparing media, individual skill of all staff in each procedure, equipment atc.) and many details which are in our focus (the rest before puncture and after the transfer, special transfer position atc.).

Why to be treated in Czech Republic?

Infertility treatment in Czech Republic is, as in other EC country, in very high level. Legal regulations allows to use all ART techniques except surrogate motherhood. Prices of all ART procedures and medicaments in Czech Republic are lower than in other EC countries. Some of these prices are only 50 % with the same scientific level. All ART techniques can be done during the whole year except Christmas holiday.

Assisted Reproductive Technology

Treatment for infertility varies widely from patient to patient. Over the last several years, the variety, availability and consistency of treatment procedures have improved such that today clients are able to choose the treatment that best suits their particular diagnosis. Depending on the diagnosis, treatment may include timing of intercourse, hormone therapy, intrauterine insemination, in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer, frozen embryo transfer, intra cytoplasmic sperm injection, testicular sperm aspiration, cytoplasmic transfer, preimplantation diagnostic atc. At Fertimed we offer a variety of options during the course of your evaluation and treatment. Whatever the ultimate treatment plan we at Fertimed understand that the ultimate decision remains with you and your spouse. We are here to inform, support and to treat. Below you will find more information about treatments and procedures available at Fertimed.

In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)

Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (GIFT)

Cryopreservation of sperm and embryos

Intracytoplasmatic Sperm Injection (ICSI)

Intra Uterine Injection (IUI)

Testicular and Epididymal Sperm Aspiration (TESA,MESA)

Assisted Embryo Hatching (AH)

Sperm, Egg and Embryo Donation

Cytoplasmic transfer

Preimplantation diagnostic (PGD)

Genetic councelling and chromosomal evaluation