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At least 30 children, most of them British, are feared to have been conceived by IVF treatment in northern Cyprus using the wrong sperm or egg donors.<\/b><\/p>\n
In each case, the parents suspect they did not get the donors they had selected.<\/p>\n
The figure is one of several new findings in a BBC investigation that, earlier this year<\/a>, uncovered the first seven cases.<\/p>\n All the parents say they carefully selected anonymous donors based on information such as their medical history, appearance, personality, education and hobbies.<\/p>\n However, they have concerns the requested sperm and egg donors may not have been used in their fertility treatments.<\/p>\n Half of the 30 children were born from procedures at one clinic, Dogus IVF Centre.<\/p>\n “It’s absolutely scandalous,” said one of the mothers, Rachel, who recently learned that she received the wrong sperm donor from the clinic.<\/p>\n Three people – Dr Firdevs Uguz Tip, Dr Sevket Alpturk, and a patient co-ordinator Julie Hodson – were involved in the care of many of these patients at Dogus.<\/p>\n Parents suspect these members of staff may have misled them. Firdevs denies any wrongdoing and neither Alpturk or Hodson have responded to our questions.<\/p>\n The BBC has also now learnt that the world’s largest sperm bank, Cryos International, has blacklisted Dogus clinic since 2016.<\/p>\n In northern Cyprus – a territory where European Union laws do not apply and which is only legally recognised by Turkey – clinics are loosely regulated and promise patients low prices, high success rates and a wide choice of sperm and egg donors. <\/p>\n The Turkish-occupied territory is one of the most popular destinations for British people seeking fertility treatment abroad.<\/p>\n