Suman Rajiv
Jaipur/Kota (Rajasthan), Aiming at checking the
rising number of female foetus killing in the State and improving the declining
gender ration, High Court of Rajasthan has ordered the chief medical and health
officers and district nodal officers of PCPNDT cell to restrict the sonography
doctors from paying their services at more than two centers. State project
director (PCPNDT) & deputy director (RCH) and in –charge, State PCPNDT
cell, medical and health services, Rajasthan has dispatched order on this
September 20 to all districts CMHOs and district nodal officers of PCPNDT cell
for necessary action for the enforcement of the decision by High Court.
According to High Court order, a trained degree holder sonologist and
radiologist can not serve at more than two sonography centers and in case of
violation, departmental action would be initiated against him.
Dr. R.N. Yadav, chief medical and health officer of Kota and also the district nodal officer of PCPNDT cell confirmed to
have received the direction regarding it from the High Court. ‘High Court order
regarding it was received recently and we have written official letters to the
sonologists and radiologists in the district asking them to submit soon the
names of two sonography centers where they are paying or want to pay their
services. Dr. Yadav further informed there are 104 sonography machines
operating currently in Kota district.
Bundi district PCPNDT coordinator Rajiv Lochan claimed Bundi is only the
district in the State where this guideline over sonologists and trained doctors
is already enforced. Lochan further told there are 12 sonography centers
in district where 8 sonologists and trained doctors are paying their services.
‘Bundi district medical and health department has already taken affidavits
regarding two serving sonography centers from these doctors’, told Lochan.
The order was passed by the state High Court
when the honorable court came to know through a petition that there are more
than 1700 sonography centers registered in the State and only 350 trained
radiologists and sonologists working over them making it clear that untrained
practitioners are working over 1000 sonograpghy centers of the State as all the
sonograpgy centers are regularly submitting their reports. The High Court felt
this situation also responsible for unbalancing the male –female child ratio in
the state and passed this order while rejecting his petition for interim relief
in the matter. (smrjvrai@yahoo.com)
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