Abida and Sajid Mahmood filed the malpractice suit in Nassau County Supreme Court.
The lawsuit says their doctor extracted 18 eggs last November, and 16 of them were successfully fertilized. The New York Post reports that four of the embryos were later implanted into Abida Mahmood but failed to produce a pregnancy.
The couple says when they decided to change doctors in May, they were told to pick up the remaining embryos. But after waiting for an hour at the hospital, they say they were informed that the embryos had been thawed and destroyed.
Hospital spokesman told the Post the problem "was some kind of misunderstanding."
