After a sex-determination racket was recently busted in Warangal, it has come to the notice of authorities that it is prevalent in various other parts of the State. Businesspersons and unqualified persons such as quacks are setting up hospitals and committing such illegal activities for profit and greed.
Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostics Technique (PCPNDT) Act 1994 was enacted by the Parliament to stop female foeticide and arrest the declining sex ratio in India. The Act banned prenatal sex determination.
Dr. B.N. Rao, president of Indian Medical Association (IMA) Telangana State, while congratulating the district medical officers and the police for arresting the gang in Warangal, said that qualified doctors should not succumb to temptations and indulge in such activities. The government should keep this in mind, stand by the people, and make them aware of the responsibility of protecting the girl child and the PCPNDT Act.
