Indian sterilization clinics under scrutiny after doctor used bike pump on patients New Delhi (CNN) -- Conditions in Indian sterilization clinics are under renewed scrutiny after a doctor was removed from his job for using a bicycle pump to inflate womens abdomens during the procedure. Health officials in Odisha state have launched an investigation after reports that bicycle pumps were used on 56 women undergoing sterilization surgery at a government-run community health center in Banarpal, Angul district, Friday. The physician was identified as Dr. Mahesh Chandra Rout, a retired surgeon who carried out work when required for the clinic, said Odisha Health Secretary Arti Ahuja. She said he would no longer be called on to work for the clinic, and could face charges as a result of the inquiry. When contacted by CNN, Rout refused to comment. 12 women die after sterilization surgery CNN tours site of botched sterilizations Expert: Women coerced into sterilization Equipment missing Ahuja said the medical equipment that should have been used in the procedure -- a carbon dioxode insufflator -- had been provided to the clinic, and investigators would try to determine why it was not used. But Sachin Ramachandra, a health official in the district where the procedures took place, said inquiries revealed the insufflator was missing, which is why the bicycle pump had been used instead. A health official who did not wish to be named told CNN that the use of bicycle pumps in sterilization surgery was widespread. In the wake of the incident, state health officials issued a directive that all sterilizations must be carried out according to correct protocols.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 05:06:47 +0000
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