4 Hospitals In Tamil Nadu Ordered To Close Permanently

Due to the alleged involvement in the sale of a 16-year-old egg girl's cells, the state health authority of Tamil Nadu issued an order for thepermanent closureof four hospitals. The girl's mother forced the girl to donate her eggs eight different times into various fertility clinics.

The state's health minister, Ma Subramanian, highlighted several violations that a committee of investigators explained that one oocyte can only be donated by an adult who is a married woman between the ages of 21 and 35 and also who is currently pregnant. But in this case, the girl was continuously pressured into doing this for so many times. An immature ovum or egg cell used in reproduction is called an oocyte.

Additionally, the Aadhaar and POCSO acts have been put into motion. According to the state health minister, these hospitals might be penalised up to Rs 50 lakh and individuals responsible, including doctors, could face a ten-year prison sentence under the Assisted Reproductive Technology Act.

In the best interests of their patients, the hospitals had received the time span of two weeks to get closed. The health administration stated that two of these hospitals would also lose their inclusion in the state health insurance programme.

Meanwhile, The health secretary would also suggest taking legal action against two remaining hospitals among the six, one in Andhra Pradesh and one in Kerala, for their complicity in the scheme.