DC Kathua chairs DAC meeting on PCPNDT Act

Committee approves one new Registration, 3 renewals of Ultrasound Centres

KATHUA, MARCH 06:  A meeting of District Advisory Committee on PC & PNDT Act was held today here in the conference hall of DC Office complex under the chairmanship of  Deputy Commissioner Dr Rakesh Minhas.

The meeting held threadbare discussions on various issues which included registration & renewal of ultrasound centres, implementation of preconception and prenatal diagnostic techniques Act, Regulation of GCCs, Labs and Clinics, Offences and penalties, Provision of registration, Inspection, mechanism for monitoring and implementation of PC & PNDT Act etc.

Chief Medical Officer  Dr Vijay Raina informed the meeting that there are 11 ultrasound clinics in the district including 5 private and 6 Government.

Discussing the importance of one of the most important legislation dealing with healthy Girl Sex Ratio, the DC stressed upon effective implementation of the  PC&PNDT Act  and asked for conducting random inspections of ultrasound clinics to enforce its compliance. He also called for adopting the Decoy method to keep a check on illegal sex determination practice in the district.

Pertinently, the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PCPNDT) 1994 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to stop female feticides and arrest the declining sex ratio in India and the act banned prenatal sex determination.

The meeting also approved registration of one new private Ultrasound centre at Marheen besides giving nod for renewal of 3 existing Ultrasound Units including one in Associated Hospital, GMC Kathua and 2 private units.

The meeting was attended by the ADC Kathua, DySP DAR, Dy CMO, besides other members of DAC and special invitees.