NAPOLI | Anatolia Vertadella, a 101-year-old Italian woman, has given
birth to a 9-pound baby after a controversial ovary transplant widely
criticized by medical professionals because of her advanced age, reports
the Rivista Napoli.
The whole procedure was illegal, but still it was made in a private
clinic in Turkey (here the European laws on ovary transplants do not
apply, admits the centennial mother who does not wish to disclose the
name of the clinic where the operation was undertaken.)
“I am very grateful to all the team of doctors who decided to go on
with the operation,” she admitted in tears. “I am so grateful to have
given birth to my 17th child. This is a true blessing and a testament to
the power of the creator,” she told local reporters.
“For so long I have felt useless to God, I could not procreate since I
turned 48 years old when I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. For a
long time I believed God was punishing me for only bearing 16 children,
but in his godly generosity, he has granted me with fertility once
again,” acknowledges the century-old fervent Catholic.
After all the whole procedure is controversial and as Dr. Popolicchi believes the final decision was left to the patient.
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