After being intimated that rural women are being discriminated against during sterilisation drive in comparison to women staying in urban areas, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) which is hearing a petition relating to use of cycle pump during a sterilisation operation camp at Banrpal CHC in Angul district, has asked the State Government to provide the details who were operated.
This apart, the commission directed the Health Secretary to intimate it that what problem the 56 females who had undergone the operation faced and record their statement.
In his rejoinder petitioner, Radhakanta Tripathy had stated that the State has not been following the procedure for sterilization. He had requested the NHRC to direct the Chief Secretary to take legal action and pay compensation of Rs 1 lakh to the victims and to take all possible steps to control such pathetic situation in future.
Earlier on December 1, 2014, Tripathy had informed the commission that the doctors used bicycle pump to inflate abdomen of 56 women while conducting laparoscopic tubectomy during a sterilisation camp at Banrpal CHC in Angul district on December 28, 2014.