Probe launched after sex determination scan at Ramanagar govt hospital

Bengaluru: In a startling revelation, the government district hospital in Ramanagar was found to be revealing the sex of the foetus to a woman in violation of the Pre Conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act. 

After the incident came to light, officials from the health department visited the hospital and seized the machine which was used to perform the scan on the said woman.

The officials have instructed the hospital staff not to use the machines till the investigation is completed.

According to sources, a woman from Tataguni approached the hospital with her husband and underwent scanning.

“The woman is said to have two kids, both daughters. Preliminary investigations reveal that an Asha worker is supposed to have helped her to get the gender revealed,” a source from the health department said.

Sources said the officials are analysing statements from the said woman, that from the hospital’s radiology department and others who are said to have helped the woman. 

“Based on the investigations, a case will be registered in a couple of days,” one of the officials said.