FDA raids hospitals in Sonepat

Cracking down on illegal abortions, Haryana government conducted raids at various private hospitals in Sonepat district and seized equipments used illegally for terminating pregnancies.

Cracking down on illegal abortions, Haryana government conducted raids at various private hospitals in Sonepat district and seized equipments used illegally for terminating pregnancies.

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A team of Haryana Food and Drug Administration (FDA) carried out the raids at several hospitals and recovered machines, equipments and medicines used illegally for Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP), a spokesman of the department said.

Such raids are being carried out across the state to put a check on illegal abortions and female foeticide to further improve sex ratio in the state, he said.