Odisha forms medical boards at district level to assist transgenders
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has set up medical boards at the district level to assist transgender persons, a health department order said.
The Health and Family Welfare department has constituted medical boards at district level for consultation, treatment and counselling facilities for transgender persons during their sex reassignment surgery, it said.
The medical boards have been set up as per the recommendation made by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to central and state authorities.
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