Monday 3 September 2007

The Great Sperm Crisis

Just finished watching the The Great Sperm Crisis that was shown on BBC3 last week. Such are the benefits (and problems) of time slipped viewing (there are no repeats scheduled for the immediate future - but I expect it'll be on again in a couple of months).

If the facts described at the time of filming are - then things are worse than I thought. For example at the time the show was filmed there were no active Donors in Northern Ireland. Edinburgh, which Scotland's Capital City, doesn't have a active Donation Program at the Main hospital due (i) lack of donors with in turn resulted in (ii) budget reallocation which closed the Donor Unit.

1 comment:

Mark Lyndon said...

That programme was woefully misinformed. The numbers of UK sperm donors have in fact gone up following the removal of anonymity, reversing a three year downward trend.

There are obviously more needed though, so congratulations on persevering.