Now Doctors in Country wont be able to start a Sonography center without a mandatory training at a recognized center. This decision was taken by Central Supervisory Board under the chairmanship of Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to tackle the Female Foeticide.
All MBBS Graduates would have to undergo a 300 Hours Certificate Course, the syllabus for which was approved by the Board. Â This syllabus has been proposed by an expert committee of doctors which included experts from the Medical Council of India (MCI).
The course will have to be done from any of the centres of excellence set up by the Central government or at any of the Medical Colleges approved by MCI and institutions approved for DNB degree by the National Board of Examinations.
Addressing the meeting, Azad said the government has been successful in securing the commitment of all states to effectively address the issue of low child sex ratio and thus efforts to curb the menace of foeticide were to be scaled at all levels, including the district level.
Azad said, “We need to focus on turning these commitments into reality so that we have a secure nation for women and girls – across all class, regional and cultural divides. We have stepped up action in districts that have revealed a low child sex ratio based on 2011 Census data to discourage the process of sex determination.”
He said inspections by the National Inspection and Monitoring Committee have been scaled up and various measures ranging from sudden inspections of diagnostic clinics to medical audit of Form-F have been undertaken to strengthen enforcement of the law