Pune Doctor Delivers Over 2,400 Girls Without Fees To Promote Save Girl Child. We Need More Doctors Like Him!

By Ritu Sanghvi Updated November 07, 2022 11:46 AM

It is the 21st century and there are many people in our country that still share the 100-year-old mentality – that a girl is a burden. There are many people who still are obsessed with having a male child because they consider women to not be a burden but also consider them to be weaker. In fact, that is one of the reasons why people till date kill a girl child as soon as she is born. However, where on one side you have such people, on the other side you have people who are creating awareness to save a girl child and promoting this mentality. One of them is a doctor from Pune who is on a mission to save girl children and encourage parents to bring more girls into this world.

Dr. Ganesh Rakh, who runs a maternity-cum-multispeciality hospital in Hadapsar, Pune, started a ‘Beti Bachao mission’ 11 years ago. Through this mission, he creates awareness to save the girl child and encourages parents to bring more girls into this world.

Pune, Maharashtra | Doctor waives off hospital charges for birth of female children born at their hospital

I started this Beti Bachao mission almost 11 years back. When a girl child is born in a hospital, we waive the entire bill. We celebrate by cutting a cake: Dr Ganesh Rakh pic.twitter.com/mKeRzmD4wa

— ANI (@ANI) November 6, 2022

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As per reports, the doctor as part of his mission waves off hospital fees whenever a girl child is born and also gives an exciting welcome to the little newborns. Since the time he started this mission, Dr. Ganesh Rakh has claimed to deliver more than 2,400 girl children without charging hospital fees to the parents. He does so in order to spread awareness about eliminating gender discrimination.

In fact, the entire hospital comes together to celebrate the birth of a girl by showering petals on the new parents, cutting a cake, etc. They also hold a felicitation ceremony for the parents. When speaking about his mission to save the girl child, Dr. Ganesh Rakh said, “I started this mission almost 11 years back. In this mission, we waive the entire hospital fee of a patient whenever a girl child is born.”

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And in addition to all the celebrations at the hospital, Dr. Ganesh Rak also arranged for a well-decked-up auto ride home for all the new mothers of the girl child when they are discharged. He further stated, “We have also received tremendous support from the public, our doctors, and social organizations. To date, more than 4 lakh doctors, 13000 social organizations, and 25 lakh volunteers are working with us”.

The doctor from Pune also added that there are many people who also are making contributions to his save the girl child mission in their own respective fields. He said that there were many doctors who were also celebrating the birth of a girl in their clinics/hospitals and giving concessions on fees.

This makes me so happy. Ngl, we not only need more doctors and men like him, but we also need more people to share the same perspective. This is such a noble initiative that he has taken to eliminate gender discrimination and even the gender gap.