The Centre has asked the State Government to submit a report over the use of bicycle pumps to inflate the abdomen of women during sterilisation surgeries at the Banarpal CHC in Angul district.
A senior official of the Union Health Ministry said the Odisha Government has been asked to ascertain the veracity of the newspaper reports that bicycle pumps were being routinely used to dilate the cervix of women during sterilisation surgeries at camps in the absence of the required equipment.
The Centre seems to have taken the matter serious as 13 women died after sterilisation surgery in Chhattisgarh a week ago.Dr Mahesh Prasad Rout, who conducted the surgeries at the CBC has already admitted that bicycle pump was used for inflate. He said that bicycle is usually used to inflate abdomen of women during sterilisation in the absence of required equipment.The State Government has already ordered a probe into the matter.