AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Friday adjourned the hearing till next week on a petition filed by a family to freeze sperm of a Covid-19 patient after Sterling Hospital in Vadodara submitted that the patient’s sperm was secured and stored according to the family’s wish so that his wife could bear his child through assisted reproduction.
The 29-year-old patient died on Thursday due to multiple organ failure after hospitalization since May 10. Before his death, the sperm sample was extracted and frozen and the respondent hospital wanted to submit an affidavit in this regard.
The HC said that no urgency remained in the litigation and deferred the hearing. Earlier, the HC ordered immediate action after the family claimed that the patient’s condition had deteriorated, and he was not likely to survive for long. While the HC had ordered the preservation of the patient’s sperm at the family’s wish, it restrained the use until further orders.
