Professor Vladislav Korsak, director general of the International Center for Reproductive Medicine and head of the Russian Society for Human Reproduction (RAHR), told socialbites.ca that sperm can be collected in the field for further freezing, but not stored. .
Earlier, Igor Trunov, President of the Union of Lawyers of the Russian Public Institution, made an initiative to create a free cryobank of genetic material, as well as quotas for free infertility treatment for Russian citizens participating in the SVO. On the appropriate initiative, he appealed to the Russian government, to which he received a positive response.
“You can procure the material in the field without any problems. The important thing is to provide certain conditions, to take hygiene measures. There are places where sperm collection is organized – first aid points, hospitals. But the real problem is not in the collection, but in the delivery of the material to the bank,” he said.
According to him, sperm are highly resistant to environmental factors but still need to be stored in a certain way.
“I don’t think medical structures that serve the needs of the military can create these conditions and bring supplies to the bank at the right time,” the professor said.
It is also important to document the phenomenon of surrender. According to the interlocutor of socialbites.ca, the patient must sign a document on the fact of sperm donation, give voluntary consent to cryopreservation, and also indicate who can use the material.
“On the field this can also become a problem. It is also important to document who received the sperm. There are many nuances,” Korsak concluded.