Pioneer News Service | Jaipur
A major racket by private hospitals to remove the uterus of young ladies has been unearthed in Dausa district. Though no arrest has been made so far, licenses of five private hospitals have been cancelled.
According to information sought under the Right to Information, over a period of six months, between March 2010 and September 2010, the uteruses of at least 226 women were removed, often without their knowledge, and the women were charged anything between `12,000 and `15,000 for such "operations", according to Durga Prasad Saini, secretary of an NGO, Akhil Bhartiya Grahak Panchayat, which got this information, through the RTI. Most of these women were between the age of 25 and 35 years, according to the information made available.
"Records of these hospitals have been seized and a committee of doctors has been formed to investigate the matter," RS Jakhar, District Collector of Dausa, said.
Talking to The Pioneer, Health Minister Duru Miyan said the Rajasthan Government was keen to curb such unethical practice by certain private hospitals and doctors.
These operations were carried under the cover of Janani Surkasha Yojna, a Government scheme under which a pregnant woman is entitled to get `1400 if she opts for delivery in a hospital and not through mid-wives in the rural areas.
Initially, this scheme was limited to only Government hospitals but some time back certain private hospitals were also brought under it. "This was done as at times all necessary facilities were not available in every Government hospital and the patients preferred a private hospital," a senior official of the health department explained.
"Soon after the delivery these women were told that if their uteruses were not removed they would suffer serious complications in near future,” Saini said. In some cases non-pregnant women were admitted for some other operation but later they found their uteruses had also been removed," Saini claimed. According to him, most of these operations were carried out in Dausa and Bandikui.
According to him, agents of these hospitals are roaming in the rural areas to get patients for such operations. For each such case they are paid `2,000 to `3,000 by the hospital management.
A major racket by private hospitals to remove the uterus of young ladies has been unearthed in Dausa district. Though no arrest has been made so far, licenses of five private hospitals have been cancelled.
According to information sought under the Right to Information, over a period of six months, between March 2010 and September 2010, the uteruses of at least 226 women were removed, often without their knowledge, and the women were charged anything between `12,000 and `15,000 for such "operations", according to Durga Prasad Saini, secretary of an NGO, Akhil Bhartiya Grahak Panchayat, which got this information, through the RTI. Most of these women were between the age of 25 and 35 years, according to the information made available.
"Records of these hospitals have been seized and a committee of doctors has been formed to investigate the matter," RS Jakhar, District Collector of Dausa, said.
Talking to The Pioneer, Health Minister Duru Miyan said the Rajasthan Government was keen to curb such unethical practice by certain private hospitals and doctors.
These operations were carried under the cover of Janani Surkasha Yojna, a Government scheme under which a pregnant woman is entitled to get `1400 if she opts for delivery in a hospital and not through mid-wives in the rural areas.
Initially, this scheme was limited to only Government hospitals but some time back certain private hospitals were also brought under it. "This was done as at times all necessary facilities were not available in every Government hospital and the patients preferred a private hospital," a senior official of the health department explained.
"Soon after the delivery these women were told that if their uteruses were not removed they would suffer serious complications in near future,” Saini said. In some cases non-pregnant women were admitted for some other operation but later they found their uteruses had also been removed," Saini claimed. According to him, most of these operations were carried out in Dausa and Bandikui.
According to him, agents of these hospitals are roaming in the rural areas to get patients for such operations. For each such case they are paid `2,000 to `3,000 by the hospital management.
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