Workshop on PC-PNDT Act

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, February 17

The District Health Department organised a workshop to create awareness on the Pre Conception-Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC-PNDT) Act.

The District Legal Services Authority secretary, Girish Vansal, spoke on length about provisions of the Act and the need for stringent provisions keeping in view dwindling sex-ration in the state.

The workshop was attended by sonologists from various ultra sound centers and gynaecologists apart from senior medical officers and medical officers from various health centres in the district.

Speaking on the occasion Civil Surgeon, Dr Pardeep Chawla, said ultrasound centres should strictly adhere to provisions of the Act to save them from legal action due to violations.

District family welfare officer Sukhpal Singh apprised participants about the need for keeping record of patients undergoing ultrasound scans so as to ensure that safety of each and every foetus was ensured. He also warned centres against indulging in sex-selective tests.

Later, students of Senior Secondary School, Vishowa, were felicitated by the Health Department for excelling in painting and debate competition organised earlier to spread awareness on the issue of female foeticide.