Mysore/Mysuru: In a significant development, Health and Family Welfare Department has decided to give a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 for those who provide inform related to persons and hospitals involved in killing female foetuses, said District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. P.C. Kumaraswamy.
Speaking to SOM, DHO Dr. Kumaraswamy said: “The Department will take several stringent measures to check female foeticide. Prior to this, a workshop has been planned on a bigger scale on next Wednesday or Thursday, for 1,800 ASHA workers of Mysuru district and 1,600 staff of Health and Family Welfare Department. They will be sensitised over actions to be taken to prevent female foeticide.”
