In an interview with ETHealthworld, Dr. Rita Bakshi, Chairperson, International Fertility Centre, New Delhi, talks about the impact of frequent changes in the IVF laws. Edited Excerpts: How is IVF ...

The Supreme Court has emphasized the prevalence of discrimination against women in India, particularly highlighting the issue of female foeticide. A case against a Gurugram radiologist accused under ...

Pune: Protesting radiologists from the city have demanded that the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act be amended to differentiate between crimes and minor errors. The act, ...

Even as the child sex ratio continues to decline in the state, reportedly due to increase in female feoticide, the state government, it seems, is not taking implementation of the pre-conception and ...

The implementation of the Pre Conception, Pre Natal Diagnostic Technique (PCPNDT) Act, which was enacted to stop female foeticide and arrest the declining sex-ratio in the country, is poor in most ...

Maharashtra Health and Family Welfare Minister Prakash Abitkar has urged authorities to ensure strict enforcement of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act to improve the ...

One hospital was sealed and action was taken against another hospital for violation of PCPNDT and other relevant acts here on the weekend. The actions were taken as part of raids conducted by the ...

Pune: A joint team of the state health department and the Pune crime branch on Wednesday bust an alleged illegal foetal sex ...

IMA members said that the applications continue to have to be submitted in person despite orders issued by health minister Prakash Abitkar last year directing that these services be made online within ...

The National Steering Committee on the PCPNDT Act, comprising experts from the major national medical societies, came together in Bengaluru to deliberate on the plight of the girl child and steps to ...