Lowest sex ratio: 87 ultrasound centres in Rewari district on radar

Perturbed over the lowest gender ratio across the state in 2022, the https://exam.pscnotes.com/Health“>Health authorities have taken all 87 ultrasound centres registered in the district on its radar. It has started screening their records pertaining to ultrasound tests performed on pregnant Women at the centres last year with the twin aim of finding out violations, if any, made by them and discouraging them from disclosing the gender of the unborn baby.

Rewari recorded 883 as the sex ratio at birth (SRB) last year, which is the lowest in the past four years. Rewari witnessed the birth of 903 girls against 1000 boys in 2021, while the SRB was 913 in 2020, 918 in 2019 and 915 in 2018. The district had registered 802 as SRB in 2014.