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DMHOs of all 33 Telangana districts sensitised on PCPNDT Act
A sensitisation and orientation workshop on the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 was conducted at the Indian Institute of Health and Family Welfare (IIHFW), Hyderabad on Wednesday, July 9. The workshop was attended by District Medical and Health Officers (DMHOs) of all the 33 districts.
The workshop was conducted by senior officials from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), including Dr. Padmini Kashyap, Deputy Commissioner, and Dr. Indranil Das, Director, PCPNDT. The training covered the importance of enhancing the value of the girl child in society, current status and monitoring indicators of PCPNDT Act implementation across the state, clarification of roles and responsibilities of Advisory Committees and Appropriate Authorities under the Act and Code of conduct, legal provisions, offences, and penalties under the PCPNDT framework, said a release.
