Outpatient services in 250 private hospitals across the district were suspended on Saturday in response to the Erode branch of Indian Medical Association’s call for a strike against the Health Department’s urgency to close Sudha Hospitals in a case related to illegal oocyte sale.
The Health Department ordered closure of scan centres in four hospitals in Erode, Perundurai, Salem and Hosur after inquiry pointed out that the hospitals had violated rules in receiving oocytes from a minor girl. On July 15, a team led by R. Premakumari, Joint Director of Health Services, Erode district, sealed the scan centre at the hospital. However, the hospital management moved the Madras High Court that quashed the department’s order after which the seal was removed.
The State government filed an appeal before the bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy against the order and the judges, on Friday, quashed the order issued to remove the seal.
