Illegal scan centre sealed for sex determination tests in Tamil Nadu
Kallakurichi: An illegal scan centre behind the Siruvangur government medical college hospital near Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi town was closed down for performing sex determination of foetus.
The district health and police officials have sealed the scan centre, and are currently on the lookout for the proprietor of the centre and his assistant who had managed to escape.
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The directorate of medical and rural health services received a tipoff that an illegal health centre was being run behind the government hospital, after which the officials inspected and closed down the clinic.
During the inspection, the officials found two pregnant women waiting for information on the sex of the foetus after completing their tests. The officials found the damaged medical equipment used for testing. The proprietor, A Vadivelu, had run away after damaging the equipment once he got to know about the raid, reports the Times of India.
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