According to 2011 census, the sex ration in the city is 977
females per 1000 males and child sex ratio of girls is 959 per 1000 boys.
Though an advisory committee was set up after an Supreme
cOurt’s ruling long back it did not meet regularly till now.
The committee with the district collector as chairman,
district medical and health officer (DM& HO) as convenor and pediatrician,
radiologist and two social activists as members, has powers to conduct special
checks periodically on these scanning centres.
In the last seven years, the committee had met only three to
four times, the last one being during Lav Agarwa’s tenure.
According to the Act, DM & HO has to maintain a monthly
record of detailed activities of ultrasound scanning centres and it should
include every details of the pregnant woman, who underwent the scanning, result
of the test and the doctor treating the patient.
But, sources in district medical and health office, said
that proper records are not being maintained.
It is mandatory that all scanning centres have to get
themselves enrolled and registered and renew their licenses periodically. There are around 60 to 70 ultra sound
scanning centres in the district and more than 30 unauthoirsed centres in the city.
Sources said that most of these centres
conduct sex determination tests clandestinely.
“The committee can conduct surprise checks on these scanning centres and
take action against any centre violating PC&PNDT Act. We can terminate
licenses of unauthorized scanning centres,” Dr P Venugopal, professor of pediatrics
at Andhra Medical College
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