Doctors fear, Malegaon becoming a hub for sex determination tests

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Doctors fear, Malegaon becoming a hub for sex determination tests
Tuesday January 10, 2012 07:07:58 PM, ummid.com Staff Reporter

Malegaon: Radiologists of Malegaon say pre-natal sex determination
tests have never been an option for them. For, compared to the
population and area of the city, number of sonography centres in
Malegaon is far less than the actual requirement. Due to which the
daily patient turnover they get is enough to keep them going.

It is perhaps why the local authorities at the time when the entire
country is keeping an extra vigil on sonography centres, barring
routine assessment of the patient records, have not done anything
extraordinary for creating awareness against the illegal test.

This, however, doesn't mean that all is well in this Muslim dominated
city in North Maharashtra. A well informed source revealed to
ummid.com that taking advantage of the lenient approach of the local
authorities few diagnostic centres in Malegaon are violating the
Pre-Conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technologies (PC-PNDT) Act and
are conducting sex determination tests on regular basis.

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