SC notice to govt on sterilisation camps

Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves told the Bench that operations were performed by doctors under torchlight and activists of an NGO were administering anaesthesia to the patients.

According to HRLN,a sterilisation camp was held at the Kaparfora Government Middle School at Araria in Bihar in January by an NGO in coordination with the State Health Society,where a private doctor used the school classroom as an operating theatre for sterilisation surgeries on 53 Dalit women.

Devika Biswas,the activist in whose name the petition is filed,said the operation left three women bleeding severely and they required treatment at a private medical hospital.

In clear violation of the government guidelines and the basic human rights,the doctor performed surgeries at night,under torchlight. During the two hours he was operating,the doctor did not wash his hands,change gloves,or wear a surgical gown and cap, the petition alleged.