The public health department of Pune, Solapur and Satara in India is conducting special training for healthcare staff, Asha workers and medical officers to help catch doctors involved in conducting illegal gender tests and abortions. The training will cover the implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques and Medical Termination of Pregnancy Acts and will include decoy operations, surprise visits, monitoring and identifying suspicious centres and record-checking. The move comes after two separate incidents of illegal sex determination and abortion were discovered in the region in the past eight months.
Health dept on alert: Training to catch ultrasound centres conducting gender tests in Pune
