Scanning of foetus is illegal in India
Hyderabad, March 12, 2006The Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act that prohibits scanning of the foetus to reveal its sex will go scot-free in Corporate Hospital in the city. The Saturday's incidence where a prominent corporate hospital was booked for violation of the Act. The District Collector and District Medical and Health Officer along with their teams have so far succeeded in injecting some fear of law into the scanning centres. They seized 87 ultrasound scan machines and initiated prosecution against 16 centres of which eight are popular corporate hospitals.
Seventy-four machines were returned after the owners fell in line. On the other side, the numbers of scanning centres have gone up to 469 as against last year's 398. A comprehensive study of census reports of 1991 and 2001 revealed the State Capital has dropped sex ratio from 963 to 942 females per 1000 males. It is surprising to note that the Capital has the lowest among the 23 districts.
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