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Prevent prenatal sex determination: DMHO
He described sex determination and female foeticide as a heinous act and warrants legal action under Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994. All the doctors, radiologists and managements of private nursing homes have to understand the objective and provisions of the act.
Warangal: The district medical and health officer (DMHO), Dr B Sambasiva Rao, has called upon medical fraternity to act responsibly in preventing prenatal sex determination and prevent female foeticide.
He described sex determination and female foeticide as a heinous act and warrants legal action under Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994. All the doctors, radiologists and managements of private nursing homes have to understand the objective and provisions of the act.
Dr Sambasiva Rao addressed a gathering of doctors and others at sensitisation workshop on PCPNDT Act 1994 and Rules 1996 (Prohibition of sex selection) held at IMA Hall in Warangal on Friday.
The DMHO said the doctors should educate pregnant women and their family members to treat both male and female children equally and not to go for sex determination tests and it was against the law.
If any doctor conducts tests to determine sex of the foetus, he along with the pregnant woman and her family members has to face the jail. The district health department has been conducting extensive programmes to create awareness regarding the issue, he said.
Indian Institute of Health and Family Welfare (IIHFW) faculty Ravi Kiran Sharma made a power point presentation explaining the provisions of the act.
He highlighted violations committed by doctors in maintaining records related to pregnant women visiting their hospitals and other related details.
Indian Medical Association (IMA) national vice-president Dr Kasturi Prameela asked the doctors not to resort to immoral act of conducting sex determination even if the patients belong to their relatives.
