Health department team bustssex determination racket at pvt hosp

AGRA

: A doctor and three paramedical staff were arrested for allegedly conducting sex determination tests in a private hospital located in

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locality on Friday.
According to deputy chief medical officer Virendra Bharti, Dr Rajeev Kumar was allegedly involved in conducting sex determination tests at Priya hospital. “Based on tip-off, we sent our team to the hospital and the doctor demanded Rs 8,000 as the fees for conducting the test. He had been conducting the tests from the ultrasound machine that was sealed by health department officials during a similar raid five months ago,” he added.
The deputy CMO said that the doctor and three paramedical staff have been arrested and further investigation in this regard is going on.
Additional city magistrate (I) Rajneesh Mishra told TOI that the raid was conducted based on the directions of the district magistrate Gaurav Dayal who received complaints about sex determination tests at the hospital. The team which conducted the raid included Rajneesh Mishra, Virendra Bharti and police.
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