Kerala health dept to conduct inquiry into practice of female genital mutilation
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Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Health department will conduct an inquiry into reports about the alleged prevalence of primitive female genital mutilation practice in the state.
Health Minister KK Shylaja directed the Health Director to conduct an urgent preliminary inquiry into the matter.
The inquiry was ordered in the wake of recent media reports that ‘chela karmam’, the practice of removing the genital skin of girl children, is conducted in some medical clinics in Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram districts.
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