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New delhi: Wednesday, 04 February 2015.
According to
health ministry data accessed through RTI the number ofMale sterilizations which
were already low dropped further from 1.20 lakh to 91,652 in the same period.
A botched
health camp in Chhattisgarh where sterilization were conducted under dubious
circumstances left 11 women dead and 40 in shock and trauma. Investigations
later revealed that scant attention had been paid to procedures including
medicines and hygienic conditions. The incident took place in November 2014.
The
data--given in response to queries raised by UP resident Kush Kalra--shows the
number of sterilizations done on men is a fraction of surgeries conducted on
women. For instance Maharashtra that has the highest number of female
sterilizations (5.32 lakh) had barely 17,235 male sterilizations in 2013-2014.
The state is
followed by Bihar with 5.11 lakh female sterilizations but only 3,294 male
sterilizations. Madhya Pradesh has conducted 3.54 lakh sterilizations on women
as compared to 6,396 sterilizations on men in the same period. Tamil Nadu
conducted 3.21 lakh surgeries on women as compared to 1,384 men while Andhra
Pradesh recorded 3.09 lakh surgeries on women as compared to 9,058 men.
Health
experts say the burden of the government sponsored sterilization campaign
remains on the women. These health camps have questionable quality of care.
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