4 TN hosps face action for illegal harvesting of eggs from minor

4 TN hosps face action for illegal  harvesting of eggs from minor

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Chennai : 15.07.2022

The Chennai health department has initiated legal action — including closure — on four private hospitals involved in the illegal harvesting of eggs from a minor girl, minister Ma Subramanian said on Thursday. Sudha Hospitals’ branches in Erode and Salem, Ram Prasad Hospital in Perundurai, and Vijay Srishti Fertility Centre in Hosur have been directed to discharge all patients within 15 days, after which measures would be initiated to shut them down.

“The scan centres will be closed with immediate effect. Two of these hospitals, which are empanelled under the state health insurance scheme, will be removed from the list,” said Subramanian, adding that the harvesting was done in violation of laws, ethics, and ICMR guidelines. Joint directors have been asked to file cases against these hospitals in court for violations under Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act besides ICMR guidelines. Complaints will be lodged with the state medical council against doctors in these hospitals. In June, the state received a report that a minor girl was forced to donate her eggs to hospitals for commercial reason