IVF mother given wrong embryo

An IVF patient was implanted with someone else’s embryo after a hospital mix-up in Japan, doctors admitted today.

An IVF patient was implanted with someone else’s embryo after a hospital mix-up in Japan, doctors admitted today.

The woman, in her 20’s, aborted the pregnancy when told of the mix-up at the government-run hospital in Kagawa, about 300 miles from Tokyo.

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