Mysore/Mysuru: About 4.5 lakh cases of female foeticide cases have been reported in the country since 2001, said Dr. Vivek Dorai, Deputy Director, Health & Family Welfare Services, Bengaluru, here this morning.
Speaking at a one-day workshop on ‘Karnataka Private Medical Establishment Act and Pre-conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act ’ organised by District KPMEA, PC and PNDT Division, Office of the District Health & Family Welfare Office, Mysuru, at a private hotel in city, he said according to the data released by the Central Govt., a total of 45,000 cases of female foeticide cases are being reported every year in country and expressed his fear of being faced with gender imbalance with the reducing female population in the society.
