Health Services Director Kamalpreet Singh has directed officials concerned to maintain constant vigil on activities of all registered sonography centres as per the Apex court directives across the State.
Singh issued the directives while chairing a meeting of the State Consultative Committee set-up under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (prevention of sex determination) (PCPNDT) Act here on Friday. While asking the officials to raise the number of vigilance teams, he directed that probe of Sonography centres in the urban areas be carried out by civil surgeons and by Chief Medical Officer (CEO) in rural areas of the State.
Singh also called for holding of the meeting of the Consultative Committee and the Supervisory Board atleast twice in a year while also directing to train officials inspecting Sonography centres. It was informed in the meeting that there are a total of 569 registered Government and private Sonography centres in the State. As per the Supreme court directives, a district-level officer or an authorised person would have to carry out inspection of the Sonography centres once every three months.
During 2013-14, a total of 188 Sonography centres were inspected by officials in the State, it was informed in the meeting.