Former Joint Director of Health held
SALEM, NOVEMBER 09, 2018 00:00 IST
The scan centre run by her did not maintain mandatory records and registers
A former Joint Director of health services T. Chandra running a private hospital in Mettur town was taken into custody by the Mettur police on Thursday on the charge of not maintaining the mandatory records and registers of the scan centre functioning in the hospital.
She was held under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994.
Illegal practice
Health department sources said that the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services (DMRHC) received complaints that the scan centre functioning in the private hospital run by Dr. Chandra in Mettur Dam area was indulging in the illegal practice of revealing the gender of foetus.
Surprise check
A team from the DMRHC, Chennai, comprising Natarajan, senior radiologist of Government Headquarters Hospital, Cuddalore, M. Kamalakannan Superintendent, and Thomas Prabhakaran, officer, both attached to the PCPNDT division of the DMRCH, Chennai, along with V. Sathya, Joint Director of Health Services, Salem and Suganthi, RMO, Government Headquarters Hospital, Mettur, conducted surprise check in the hospital and the scan centre.
Initially, they sent a pregnant woman to find out, whether she was revealing the gender of the foetus in violation of the PCPNDT Act.
The sources said that Dr. Chandra, however, got knowledge of the trap and did not reveal the gender of the foetus to the woman.
The special team, later entered the scan centre and conducted thorough check and found that the centre did not have the mandatory records and registers.
The team seized all the records and other registers.
Dr. Sathya told The Hindu that after holding inquiry, Dr. Chandra was handed over to the Mettur Police, who arrested her.
Hospital sealed
The officials sealed the hospital and the scan centre, late evening, sources added.
It may be recalled that only recently, the DMRHC team arrested a doctor and sealed his hospital and the scan centre in Edappadi town.
SALEM, NOVEMBER 09, 2018 00:00 IST
The scan centre run by her did not maintain mandatory records and registers
A former Joint Director of health services T. Chandra running a private hospital in Mettur town was taken into custody by the Mettur police on Thursday on the charge of not maintaining the mandatory records and registers of the scan centre functioning in the hospital.
She was held under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994.
Illegal practice
Health department sources said that the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services (DMRHC) received complaints that the scan centre functioning in the private hospital run by Dr. Chandra in Mettur Dam area was indulging in the illegal practice of revealing the gender of foetus.
Surprise check
A team from the DMRHC, Chennai, comprising Natarajan, senior radiologist of Government Headquarters Hospital, Cuddalore, M. Kamalakannan Superintendent, and Thomas Prabhakaran, officer, both attached to the PCPNDT division of the DMRCH, Chennai, along with V. Sathya, Joint Director of Health Services, Salem and Suganthi, RMO, Government Headquarters Hospital, Mettur, conducted surprise check in the hospital and the scan centre.
Initially, they sent a pregnant woman to find out, whether she was revealing the gender of the foetus in violation of the PCPNDT Act.
The sources said that Dr. Chandra, however, got knowledge of the trap and did not reveal the gender of the foetus to the woman.
The special team, later entered the scan centre and conducted thorough check and found that the centre did not have the mandatory records and registers.
The team seized all the records and other registers.
Dr. Sathya told The Hindu that after holding inquiry, Dr. Chandra was handed over to the Mettur Police, who arrested her.
Hospital sealed
The officials sealed the hospital and the scan centre, late evening, sources added.
It may be recalled that only recently, the DMRHC team arrested a doctor and sealed his hospital and the scan centre in Edappadi town.
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