Several cases have
been launched in the court for violating various provisions of
the PNDT (Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques – Regulation and Prevention
of Misuse) Act, 1994 and PNDT Rules, 1996 against clinics/Hospitals
and doctors in Haryana. These include Dr. S.N. Indora, Dr. Anil
Sabhani, Sukhram Hospital, Sri Ram Hospital, Dr. Rajiv Bhatia,
Dr. J.L. Mahajan, Dr. Surinder Yadav, Arora Clinic, Dr. Gajanand,
Dr. Urmila Yadav and Dr. Sushil Pradhan, in the districts of Faridabad,Gurgaon,
Rohtak, Rewari, Bhiwani and Panipat.
In the most recent
case, Dr. B.S. Dahiya, Director Health Services, Haryana along
with Dr. D.B. Roy, Civil Surgeon, Panipat and Shri G.L. Saighal,
Assistant State Drug Controller raided the Bhavana Hospital, Panipat
on getting information that indiscriminate sex selective foeticide
after sex determination is being done at the Hospital. It was
found that not only hospital had indulged in sex determination,
but also the lady doctor in charge of the Gynecology Department
of the hospital was a quack. The Hospital has been sealed by the
authorities and cases have been filed against the errant doctors.
In the year 2001,
five cases were launched in the court in Haryana. Sex ratio in
Haryana is 820 female per 1000 males in the age group (0-6) years
which is among the lowest in the country. Out of 19 districts
in the State, in 17 districts sex ratio is less than 850. In Kurukshetra,
Sonipat, Ambala, Kaithal and Rohtak districts the child sex ratio
in the age group 0-6 years is even less than 800. The sharp decline
in female population is as a consequence of the large-scale female
foeticide in the State.
