New baby in Navsari

The rains were unable to dampen the spirits of the young couples who had gathered at the Asundaria Farmhouse near Amandpor in Navsari on July 17, 2016. They had come to participate in an event conducted by the Jiyo Parsi team of Dr Katy Gandevia, program coordinator and Pearl Mistry, counselor, to create awareness about the government sponsored scheme, notes an email from Dinshaw Tamboly, managing trustee of the World Zoroastrian Organisation (WZO) Trust Funds who, along with the D. N. Mehta Sarvajanik Hospital had collaborated to make this event possible.
News of the first baby born in Navsari to a couple from the interiors of southern Gujarat through the cashless treatment provided by Jiyo Parsi along with the WZO Trust Funds and the Mehta Hospital delighted all those present. The parents, who could not afford expensive fertility treatments, now had the baby of their dreams. Since they reside in a remote village 70 km away from Navsari, the mother was admitted in the hospital two months before the delivery so that her health would not be adversely affected by having to travel long distances for consultations and treatment. Additional expenses not covered by the Jiyo Parsi scheme were borne by the WZO Trust Funds. The mother will continue to remain at the hospital for 40 days’ postnatal care, the email states.
The Navsari event was meant mainly to explain to young couples the need for early screening and starting a family at an appropriate age. In June 2015 the Jiyo Parsi team held a parenting workshop at Jamshed Baug to encourage parents with one child to have a second one, the email states. This year a renowned in-vitro fertilization (IVF) specialist and gynecologist couple, Drs Kavita and Vaibhav Kapadia, gave an informative talk on what IVF entails and the relationship between the success ratio and the age of the couple. They also cleared doubts about infertility treatments, the email mentions. A Power Point presentation and documentary on Jiyo Parsi provided couples more information about the scheme which was termed as the beginning of a positive turnaround in the community with more than 60 babies born till date through financial assistance, counseling and advocacy.