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Putrajaya to consider tax exemption for IVF treatment

Dzulkefly said the cost of the treatment for every IVF cycle or intracytoplasmic sperm injection is between RM4,500 and RM5,000. — AFP pic

KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 — The government is prepared to consider providing tax exemption for married couples on in-vitro fertilisation treatment, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. He said the government understands the ordeal which the couples have to go through and the cost of the treatment.

“It is a good proposal. Perhaps, I can bring this agenda up for consideration,” he said during the Ministers’ Question Time in the Dewan Rakyat today.To an original question from Wong Kah Woh on the cost of IVF treatment government hospitals, Dzulkefly said the cost of the treatment for every IVF cycle or intracytoplasmic sperm injection is between RM4,500 and RM5,000.

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