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Shanghai Sperm Bank has been forced to issue a statement on its Website to clarify its procedures, after explicit photos circulated on the Internet, claiming to show female nurses helping men to "donate" at the sperm bank.
Officials from Renji Hospital, where the sperm bank is located, said yesterday they had received several inquiries about their practices after the hoax photos appeared online. They said the hospital's sperm-collecting procedure is in line with professional regulations and that the misleading pictures could tarnish the reputation of the hospital and the sperm bank.
"These pictures are completely misleading," said Li Jin, a hospital official. "We never have female nurses assisting in sperm collection, which is done by the donor himself, alone in a special room. To protect donor's privacy, no one is allowed to take pictures or shoot videos in the sperm bank."
The hospital said it did not plan to track down the sources of these picture and take legal action. The photos probably started as a joke but were taken seriously by a few people after they were widely circulated.
The hospital issues strict rules on its practice and an ethics commission on reproductive health conducts an inspection every year. The hospital authorities said no improper performance had ever occurred at the hospital, and no complaints had ever been received.
"Donating sperm is the same good deed as donating blood," Li said. "Donated sperm can help infertile couples to have children. Both the donor and the medical facility deserve respect. In fact, the sperm bank always has a lack of donors."
Due to unhealthy lifestyles, environmental pollution and increased stress, both the quantity and quality of sperm have dropped by 40 to 50 percent worldwide in the recent 50 years, according to reports.
In Shanghai, about 10 percent of couples suffer infertility, and 10 percent of them must turn to a sperm bank.
Shanghai Sperm Bank was set up five years ago and has helped around 700 women to become pregnant.
http://www.china.org.cn/living_in_china/news/2008-11/25/content_16821668.htm
Sperm Bank Hoax Was Fun While It Lasted
Any healthy, red-blooded male reader would have told you that the news, late last year, about the Shanghai Sperm Bank seemed almost too good to be true. And indeed, if the report was anything to go by, this was a medical facility with a real difference.
Apart from jabbing a pointy-ended tube into the crook of the elbow, there’s no way of actually coaxing blood out of a patient’s arm (at least if you’re trying to keep them alive).
Semen, of course, is a different story. Humankind has devoted millennia to researching the matter, and the techniques for encouraging the flow of this vital fluid have pretty much been perfected by now.
The photo that accompanied the sperm bank story depicted several attractive, squeaky clean, young females ably assisting patients with one such method. The uniformed gals went about their task with great diligence—which is just what you’d expect, considering how notoriously difficult the average man is to arouse.
By the way, the donors were fully suited up too, masks and all, presumably in the interest of hygiene. The article’s author completed the profile by providing the Shanghai Sperm Bank’s address, as well as helpful donor details: how often (4-5X/month), maximum allowed donations per visit (3), and pay rate (US$30/session).
Well, we hate to be the ones to break the shocking news, but the Shanghai Sperm Bank story has turned out to be a hoax! After receiving inquiries from interested—extremely interested, we’d guess—potential donors, an official at Renji Hospital, the facility’s actual home, scrambled to set the record straight.
“These pictures are completely misleading,” said Li Jin. “We never have female nurses assisting in sperm collection, which is done by the donor himself, alone in a special room.” The hospital claims to follow strict ethical guidelines, and reports that no complaints to the contrary have ever been received.
Next thing you know, they’ll be trying to tell us there’s no Santa Claus.
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/08/31/sperm-bank-hoax-fun-lasted/
