Gynaecologist conceived at least 21 children using his own sperm

A gynaecologist from Leiden conceived at least 21 children by using his own sperm for fertility treatment, hospital administrators have said. Jan Beek worked for 25 years at the Elisabethziekenhuis hospital in Leiderdorp, which has since been absorbed into the Alrijne Ziekenhuis. The hospital said the case came to light when Fiom, an organisation that helps people trace their biological parents, found DNA matches for 21 children whose mothers had received fertility treatment in Beek’s clinic. Beek, who died in...