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On December 10, 2013, the Montreal Gazette published a story describing an ongoing dispute between Dr. Seang Lin Tan and his former employer, the McGill University Health Centre, over who has rightful claim to the profits of McGill’s reproductive health center, of which Tan is the founder. Though the story focuses on the ins and outs of the case, what is most striking are details about the amount of money involved, including Dr. Tan’s salary. Dr. Tan was paid $1.7 million by McGill in 2005, and he claims that he is owed $14 million of the clinic’s profits, drawing attention to “staggering sums” exchanged in the business of infertility.
The costs of fertility treatments in Canada are high. Though patients are charged less for treatments like assisted insemination, higher-tech treatments like in vitro fertilization (IVF) can easily cost upwards of $10,000 a cycle, depending on the prescribed protocol and medications. Moreover, the costs of fertility treatments vary widely from clinic to clinic, even when those clinics are located blocks apart (and in some cases in downtown Toronto, floors apart)...
The costs of fertility treatments in Canada are high. Though patients are charged less for treatments like assisted insemination, higher-tech treatments like in vitro fertilization (IVF) can easily cost upwards of $10,000 a cycle, depending on the prescribed protocol and medications. Moreover, the costs of fertility treatments vary widely from clinic to clinic, even when those clinics are located blocks apart (and in some cases in downtown Toronto, floors apart)...