<p>The Delhi health department clamped down on a clinic after it was found to conduct sex-selective abortions recently.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Vinayak Hospital in Sultanpuri was found conducting abortion on a woman well beyond three months of her pregnancy, according to the health department. Vinayak Hospital is neither registered as a nursing home nor as a centre which can carry out medical termination of pregnancies (MTPs). <br /><br />The department reached the spot on the basis of a complaint. “We received a call on a sex-selective abortion being conducted. The register mentioned the patient as suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea. However, the bill amounting to Rs 18,000 for half a day gave it away,” said Dr Shalley Kamra, State Programme Officer (SPO), Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, state health department.<br /><br />The couple — residents of Rithala — has a daughter and decided to go for sex-selection techniques with help from a doctor at Vinayak Hospital, said Kamra. The abortion was conducted by a midwife at the hospital who charged around Rs 2,500 for the procedure.<br /><br />When the team of officials pressured the woman’s husband to reveal the details, he broke down and divulged the details. The team called the midwife to the spot offering her a “hefty amount” to conduct another sex-selective abortion, following which she soon reached the spot.<br /><br />“The head of the hospital, a paediatrician and the midwife are in connivance. The centre is clearly being used for illegal activities. The clinic is not registered as an MTP centre either,” said Kamra.<br /><br />All the parties involved in the crime have confessed to the crime. The team has registered an FIR in the case. It will file a case in court , following which proceedings can be initiated to shut down the clinic.<br /> <br /></p>
<p>The Delhi health department clamped down on a clinic after it was found to conduct sex-selective abortions recently.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Vinayak Hospital in Sultanpuri was found conducting abortion on a woman well beyond three months of her pregnancy, according to the health department. Vinayak Hospital is neither registered as a nursing home nor as a centre which can carry out medical termination of pregnancies (MTPs). <br /><br />The department reached the spot on the basis of a complaint. “We received a call on a sex-selective abortion being conducted. The register mentioned the patient as suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea. However, the bill amounting to Rs 18,000 for half a day gave it away,” said Dr Shalley Kamra, State Programme Officer (SPO), Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, state health department.<br /><br />The couple — residents of Rithala — has a daughter and decided to go for sex-selection techniques with help from a doctor at Vinayak Hospital, said Kamra. The abortion was conducted by a midwife at the hospital who charged around Rs 2,500 for the procedure.<br /><br />When the team of officials pressured the woman’s husband to reveal the details, he broke down and divulged the details. The team called the midwife to the spot offering her a “hefty amount” to conduct another sex-selective abortion, following which she soon reached the spot.<br /><br />“The head of the hospital, a paediatrician and the midwife are in connivance. The centre is clearly being used for illegal activities. The clinic is not registered as an MTP centre either,” said Kamra.<br /><br />All the parties involved in the crime have confessed to the crime. The team has registered an FIR in the case. It will file a case in court , following which proceedings can be initiated to shut down the clinic.<br /> <br /></p>
