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Lucknow . On the event of National Girl Child Day, a workshop on Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 was organized in the Chief Medical Officer Office Auditorium on Saturday. Inaugurating the workshop, Chief Medical Officer Dr. NB Singh stated that National Girl Child Day is well known yearly on 24 January, which began in the yr 2008. The goal of celebrating today is to extend consciousness in the society relating to the well being, schooling, rights and security of women. He stated that efficient implementation of the PCPNDT Act is extraordinarily essential to cease feminine foeticide.
The Chief Medical Officer stated that the informant scheme has been applied by the authorities for strict implementation of the Act. Under this, if any individual offers data associated to fetal intercourse take a look at or unlawful ultrasound, there’s a provision to offer him incentive quantity and his id is stored utterly confidential. He stated that stopping feminine feticide is just not solely the division’s duty but additionally the collective duty of the total society. Nodal officer of PCPNDT, Dr. AP. Mishra stated that PCPNDT Act has been made solely to finish the evil practices like feminine foeticide. Under the legislation, it’s a full crime to disclose the intercourse of the baby in the womb. Under this, common inspection, monitoring and verification of data of ultrasound facilities in the district is being accomplished. He stated that being a physician, our duty is just not restricted solely to remedy, however it is usually our duty to make the society privy to this legislation.
Speaking as the keynote speaker, Dr. Sarita Saxena, physician of Veerangana Avantibai District Women’s Hospital, stated that together with this, issues like anemia, malnutrition, menstrual hygiene and psychological well being of women additionally have to be addressed. Anemia is a significant well being downside amongst ladies. Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation Program is being run by the authorities beneath the National Adolescent Health Programme, beneath which iron folic acid tablets are being made accessible in authorities colleges and authorities aided colleges.
On this event, Additional Chief Medical Officer Dr. B.N. Yadav, Dr. Gopilal, Dr. Anil Srivastava, District Health Education and Information Officer Yogesh Raghuvanshi, representatives of all district hospitals, Superintendents of Urban and Rural Community Health Centers (CHC), members of PCPNDT Cell and different officers and workers of the Chief Medical Officer’s workplace have been current. In the similar sequence, an orientation program was additionally organized at Community Health Center Kakori in which detailed details about PCPNDT Act was given by CHC Superintendent Dr. KD Mishra. Gynecologist and Obstetrician Dr. Supriya, Dr. Shweta, Dr. Smita, Dr. Neelam, Health Education Officer Rajesh Singh and different workers of CHC have been current in the program.