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Karnataka-Bangalore
By Our Staff Reporter
According to Donna Fernandes, Chairperson, Vimochana, who is a member of the State Supervisory Board for implementation of the Act, the organisation received information that the gynaecologist of the nursing home was allegedly conducting sex determination tests and revealing sex of foetus to those who sought for it. They had sent a decoy patient a few weeks ago to the doctor in the pretext of a consultation for infertility. The patient and her spouse visited the doctor and were advised by her to adopt certain pre-conception techniques so that they could have a male child, Ms. Fernandes claimed. Using pre-natal diagnostic techniques for determining sex of the foetus and pre-selection for choosing the sex of the baby before conception is banned under the provisions of the Act. Vimochana registered a complaint with the Appropriate Authority on Wednesday, who along with officials from the Health and Family Welfare Department, conducted an investigation at the hospital and questioned the gynaecologist. Speaking to presspersons, P.K. Srinivas, District Health Officer, Bangalore Urban District, who is the Appropriate Authority under the Act, alleged the<243> gynaecologist had not displayed in her clinic nor produced the certificate of registration of her ultrasonography machine, though she had claimed that the machine was registered. He claimed a record of the ultrasound scans done on patients was also not maintained. There was no poster in any part of the clinic saying that sex determination was banned and that the clinic was not conducting sex determination tests. The gynaecologist allegedly had not maintained consent forms taken from patients saying they would not ask for tests to know sex of the foetus or the declaration form from the doctor saying that sex determination tests would not be conducted and sex of the foetus would not be disclosed. "As all this amounted to violation of the provisions of the Act, we are seizing the ultrasound machine and other documents and the case will be presented before a magistrate for further action," Dr. Srinivas said. "Sex ratios in some parts of the State are falling rapidly and measures are to be taken to ensure that doctors do not misuse pre-natal diagnostic techniques to determine sex of the child and conduct female foeticide, if the foetus was female," Ms. Fernandes said.
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