Maharashtra Hospitals to be inspected to check female foeticide
Thane: Thane Collector Mahendra Kalyankar has ordered inspection of all clinics and hospitals in the district to ensure that they adhere to the guidelines of the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, which seeks to stop female foeticide.
The order was issued in the backdrop of the busting of a foeticide racket in Maharashtras Sangli district, said a release issued by the district administration.
The PCPNDT Act aims to stop female foeticide and arrest the declining sex ratio in India. Prenatal sex determination is banned under the Act.
The arrest was made a day after 19 aborted foetuses wrapped in polythene bags were found near a stream in the village. The Sangli police suspect that all the 19 were female foetuses.
All the hospitals and clinics in Thane have been directed to strictly implement the PCPNDT Act guidelines, said the release.
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