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Activists protest over female foeticide in Mandya

Staff Reporter

Bangalore: Activists enraged over a sex determination test that went horribly wrong, demonstrated in front of the hospital in Chennapatna where the scanning was done last Saturday.

The Balu Nursing Home in Chennapatna, where the ultrasound scanning was done, told a couple, Vinutha, who was five months pregnant, and Ramesh, that the foetus was female. The woman reportedly had the foetus aborted at the Jyoti Nursing Home in Mandya, where it was found that it was male. The couple, reportedly, wanted a male child and had opted for the scanning. “This shows that there is a nexus between sonologists and nursing homes for conducting sex determination and female foeticide. The incident came to light because the father, after coming to know the truth, filed a complaint with the district health officer in Mandya. We want the district administration to take strict action not only on the doctors but also on the father of the child,” said Donna Fernandes of Vimochana, the women’s rights group. According to district health officials of Mandya and Ramanagaram districts, Jyoti Nursing Home and the scanning room at Balu Nursing Home have been sealed and locked.

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