Head of Israeli IV unit arrested in Romania Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper
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The director of the in vitro fertilization unit at Assaf Harofeh Hospital was arrested in Romania Tuesday on suspicion of trading in human eggs.
Romanian police raided a private practice called Med New Life in Bucharest Tuesday on suspicion that it was involved in extracting eggs from local women and illegally selling them to patients needing an egg transplant.
The Israeli consulate in Romania reported to Prof. Raphael Ron-Elmanagement Tuesday that two Israelis were arrested in the raid − Prof. Raphael Ron-El, head of the hospital’s in vitro fertilization unit, and the lab technician accompanying him, Daphna Komarovsky.