INDIA STERILIZATION DEATHS: CHHATTISGARH INQUIRY ORDERED -------------------------------------- The government of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh has ordered an inquiry into the deaths of 11 women who underwent botched sterilization surgery at a state-run health camp. About 50 others are in hospital and at least 20 are in a critical condition following the tubectomy operations. Chhattisgarh health officials denied any responsibility for the deaths, but some suggested that medics were under pressure from the authorities to perform too much sterilization surgery in too little time. The state government has also said that compensation will be paid to the affected families. Most of those operated on in state-run sterilization camps are women - many of them poor and often being paid to be sterilized. Villagers say 83 women - all between the ages of 26 and 40 - were operated on in just six hours by one doctor and his assistant.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 05:24:25 +0000
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