The waiting lists in the Spanish Public Health are sadly famous for what they lengthen over time.
Unfortunately, the situation in assisted reproduction It does not get rid of this delay, and the waiting time has not improved much compared to the data we had some time ago, specifically in vitro fertilization.
According to the latest data obtained in a study on infertility and treatments in Spain, the average time that a couple has to wait for the completion in a public center of a artificial insemination It is 105 days. In the case of ovodonation or egg donation, the time approaches the year. We have the worst case with the technique of in vitro fertilization, when the time reaches on average 493 days.
But talk about up to a maximum waiting time of almost 4 years (1,440 days) at the Doce de Octubre Hospital in Madrid, I find it insulting and of course a desperate and undesirable journey for parents who wish to have a child. Other figures speak of 900 days of waiting at the CYP hospital in Barcelona, compared to the minimum time, 90 days, registered at Teresa Herrera de Coruña.
The only advantage that I see to these data is that, along the way, I know that some pregnancies have been achieved naturally when it was thought that there would be no way ... But those cases are the minimum and, on the contrary, how much more the age the woman has more difficulties can be found in achieving assisted reproduction.
In any case, it would not hurt to invest in more public fertility centers, given the deficiencies and great demand that society presents.
And all in spite of the fact that since 2003 the public centers that offer these treatments have increased by 52%, going from 38 5 years ago to the current 58, while private ones have grown by 28%, now standing at 211 versus at 165 of 2003. Even so, as we can see, the demand is not adequately addressed, so that growth is insufficient.
More and more Spanish couples suffer from infertility or infertility, it is estimated that more than 860,000 couples are unable to conceive a child due to reasons such as the postponement of maternity and the deterioration of semen due to environmental factors, among others.
For many of these couples, the solution is to go to private health, with the significant financial outlay that this entails. I find it very unfair.
