Sperm Bank

I was at a friends wedding dinner last weekend, where I manage to meet up with some of my school friends.  One of which has been working in this sperm bank in KL for about two years.  I didn’t even know and infact, none of us at the dinner know about sperm banks in M’sia till this guy told us.  His company would pay anyone willing, RM100 for a shot of sperm.  Qty can vary, depending on how much one person can produce per session.  And there is an additional RM100 bonus if the sperm count is high.  We were totally shock and was wondering how come we didn’t know about this earlier on, especially during our student days.  According to him, the company has been in KL since 1987, we were all like.. “what the”…

If only we knew last time, we would have made some good deal of money… hehe.. He was telling that there is this 17 years old kid earns RM4000 in a period of 6 months… wow.. This is a lot of money for that age.  This is a good side income, for those who are tight of cash… However, the clinic is not as what shown in the movies (Road Trip) or like US, all they give is one tiny bottle and you are asked to go to the toilet.  That’s it, there is not material aid of any kind.  You are required to either bring your own or use your imagination. 

These fertility clinics treats couples starting from RM10K and above, and there is not guarantee to conceive.  Bringing a kid into the earth is not cheap for some couples.  The collected sperms are screened, and “processed”, a whole deal of biological engineering at work, before being stored and sold to hopeful couples.  For the ladies, an egg is worth RM2000, very much more money, however, for the ladies, their eggs are limited, and if one were to sell it, need to think twice.  Well, if one were desperate for money, one may think otherwise.  Better than go sell “something else” or rob or steal or kill…

Some of my friends were thinking of going to the clinic, their rational was to find out how healthy are their sperms.  One quoted that there is 1:4 guys in Malaysia is infertile.  And there were 8 people in our table… which means 2 of us are actually shooting blanks.  That pretty much motivated everyone to go donate, not so much for the cash.. that was just a bonus.. but more to find out if the sperms were healthy. 


Comments

Anonymous said…
And.. where is this sperm bank? How do we 'donate'??
8/23/2004 10:50 PM
Anonymous said…
i think u just go there and they give u a room ... and u just wank off man ...
8/24/2004 1:26 AM
sashi said…
a sperm bank in malaysia?? whoa. where is it, dude?
8/24/2004 2:07 PM
Kew said…
So that I dont get my friend into trouble, I will not disclose his clinic, however, I have search the web for other fertility clinics in KL, and found these...

Damai Service Hospital (HQ)
115 - 119, Jalan Ipoh,
51200, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
http://www.dsh.com.my/clinics/concept.htm

Damansara Fertility Centre/Damansara Women's Specialist Centre
No 55, Jalan SS 21/56B - Damansara Utama
Petaling Jaya, 47400 Malaysia
Telephone
+603 - 7729 3199
"fertility treatments, with the country's premier Damansara Fertility Centre claiming in vitro success rates that match top U.S. clinics'" - Excerpt from Time (http://www.time.com/time/asia/tga/article/0,13673,501031027-524523,00.html)
8/24/2004 3:03 PM
ashotiwoth said…
waa... easy way to make cash..? hmm...
8/25/2004 5:53 PM
Anonymous said…
wah ... that's good ... i will go out and find it ...
8/26/2004 12:50 PM
Anonymous said…
well.. to those out there who has that thoughts of just wanking off and get some extra cash.. I hope you will think twice. I am not so sure of how other fertility centre deals with sperm donors, but a strict requirement is needed in choosing the right donor. you will need to have a blood test done, semen analysis and a whole lots of stages to go through before you are accepted as a sperm donor. as for the comment of the 17 years old boy that managed to get RM4K just by wanking off, from what i gathered, this particular boy has been donating more than the required standard and please imagine, in the near future, you will see a dozen or more? of his 'kids' running around (if his donated samples have been misused!!!!). it's always good to find out more infos on the whole donor program before you jump into conclusion. no doubt some centres are offering good deed to the donors and to the receipients.
6/27/2006 8:18 AM
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