Recently, there has been a global sensation caused by the news that a Thai surrogate mother gave birth to a child with a congenital disability, and the interests of the global medical institutions and scholars have been attracted. When it comes to the problem of why the test-tube baby surgery failed, the author herein analyses the cause from three aspects.

First, the successful rate of test-tube baby surgery does not reach a satisfactory level which means that its success rate is far from that of natural pregnancy. Although this technology can help those who are infertile create a family, there are still many uncertainties. Generally speaking, many surrogate mothers are required to get pregnant with in vitro fertilization. Therefore, the arbitrary determination of the surrogate mother’s reproductive capacity and physical condition will increase the risk of failing.

Second, the cost of test-tube baby surgery is usually very high as there are several processes involved such as hormone treatment, retrieval and implantation procedures, surgical interventions and so forth. For example, it usually takes more than several hundred thousand dollars to complete a successful test-tube baby surgery in Thailand. As the cost is high, the patient and the surrogate mother may pay less attention to the relevant factors leading to the quality control of the surgical process, resulting in the failure of the test-tube baby surgery.

Third, the medical technology related to test-tube baby surgery is far from sufficient when compared with the development of modern medical technology. It is an important factor leads to the failure. Firstly, the environment and the equipment used in the test-tube baby surgery are not always the advanced ones. Secondly, the medical staff in the hospital may not pay enough attention on quality control during the whole process and thus make mistakes resulting in the failure.

In conclusion, the failure of the Thai test-tube baby surgery can be attributed to the low success rate of such operation, the high cost and the insufficient medical technology. In the future, we shall be formally regulated in the development and utilization of the technology and actively improve the relevant equipment and standards to ensure a successful test-tube baby surgery, in order to avoid any tragedies caused by the failure.