UP: Doctor arrested for performing sex determination using Sealed Ultrasound Machine
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Agra: The health department officials arrested a doctor and paramedical staff after busting a sex determination racket in the city. Medicos of Priya hospital, including one doctor and three paramedical staff members were arrested after a sting with the help of a decoy patient on Friday.
The arrests were confirmed to TOI by deputy chief medical officer Virendra Bharti. The doctor was caught performing ultrasound on a machine that had been already sealed by the department
Explaining the sequence of events, Bharti stated that the doctor, Dr Rajeev Kumar was allegedly conducting tests at Priya hospital violating the provision of the PC-PNDT Act. He said, "Based on tip-off, we sent our team to the hospital and the doctor demanded Rs 8,000 as the fees for conducting the test. He had been conducting the tests from the ultrasound machine that was sealed by health department officials during a similar raid five months ago."
The arrests were confirmed to TOI by deputy chief medical officer Virendra Bharti. The doctor was caught performing ultrasound on a machine that had been already sealed by the department
Explaining the sequence of events, Bharti stated that the doctor, Dr Rajeev Kumar was allegedly conducting tests at Priya hospital violating the provision of the PC-PNDT Act. He said, "Based on tip-off, we sent our team to the hospital and the doctor demanded Rs 8,000 as the fees for conducting the test. He had been conducting the tests from the ultrasound machine that was sealed by health department officials during a similar raid five months ago."
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