Bhattacharya Sudip, Singh Amarjeet
Department of Community Medicine. School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Department of Community Medicine, SPH, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Nov 23;2017:bcr-2017-220456. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220456.
In North India, preference for sons has been blamed for repeated incidents of female feticide, despite the legislation in the form of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 2002. We describe how a team of local private doctors offer package deals to pregnant women and their families in rural areas. The fetal sex is determined at night using a portable ultrasonography machine.If the fetus is a girl, an immediate induced abortion is offered in the clients' home. If complications arise, women are advised to attend hospital. Such a patient visited us with a history of bleeding per vagina following incomplete induced abortion. This case study highlights the fact that female feticide continues to occur in India.
在印度北部,尽管有2002年《产前诊断技术法》形式的立法,但重男轻女仍被归咎于多起堕女胎事件。我们描述了一个当地私人医生团队如何在农村地区向孕妇及其家人提供套餐服务。使用便携式超声检查仪在夜间确定胎儿性别。如果胎儿是女孩,就在客户家中立即进行人工流产。如果出现并发症,建议妇女去医院就诊。这样一位患者因人工流产不全后出现阴道出血的病史前来就诊。本案例研究突出了印度仍存在堕女胎现象这一事实。