Jeddah centre Western region Riyadh centre Central region Al-Khubar centre Eastern region
Type Private headquarters for another two satellite IVF centres (Riyadh and Al-Khubar) Government-funded tertiary centre Private tertiary centre
Referral and services offered Two satellite centre and four referral centres for sex selection and PGD in Riyadh and the south province Serve the whole country for monogenic translocation provided that the mutation is known Referral from different IVF centres.
Established IVF unit
PGD (FISH)
PGD –single gene

PGS-microarray CGH
1985  
2000
2004
-
1986  
2002
2005
-
2001
2005
2008

Number of annual IVF cycles Number of annual PGD/PGS 1200  
60-120
1000-1200  
100
1500  
220
Table1: Summary of PGD centres in Saudi Arabia.
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