A very appalling case has emerged from Bihar that has yet again brought to light some disturbing illegal activities of unauthorised private clinics. One major incident that was discovered by officials was when the chief surgeon informed about seven women who were made to undergo hysterectomies without their approval. Well, this is quite concerning, however, there were immediate steps taken to investigate this.
The alarming incident that happened was reported from West Champaran in Bihar. There was a special team of investigators who were looking into the illegal activities taking place in many private hospitals of the state. During this investigation, the chief surgeon of West Champaran, Dr. Birendra Chaudhary, informed the team about the seven women whose uterus was removed without their acknowledgment. He also brought to their notice that when the officials visited one of the patient’s houses, she was not found there and while searching for her, another female patient was also discovered. As per the news, FIR has been filed against this mysterious case, and a special team has been formed to investigate similar illegal activities taking place in private hospitals.
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The news is quite very alarming because many such incidents of illegal removal of organs from women are being reported in Bihar. Approximately, a month back, the kidneys of a woman were removed in an unauthorised clinic during her uterus removal surgery. So these incidents show a deeper organ racket that is going on in Bihar which the officials really need to get hold of. Mostly poor women become the victims of these rackets whose voices can be suppressed very easily. Therefore it is important for the state to take some strict actions against all the illegal clinics in the state.