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Bihar Uterus Removal Scam: Eight privates nursing homes’ licenses cancelled

September 13, 2012
Licenses of eight private nursing homes were cancelled in Bihar's Samastipur district for unnecessary removal of uteruses of hundreds of poor women to claim insurance money under a central government scheme, officials said …

Bihar Uterus Removal Scam: Notice issued to hospitals and nursing homes

August 29, 2012
 The Bihar State Human Rights Commission issued notice to private hospitals and nursing homes, where uteruses of hundreds of poor women were removed to claim insurance money under a government scheme. "The commission is likely …

Bihar Uterus Removal Scam: Paswan demands CBI probe

August 26, 2012
 Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan demanded a CBI probe into the alleged removal of uteruses of over 16,000 below poverty line women to swindle them of their health insurance money provided under a central …

Uterus Removal Scam: Over 16,000 illegal hysterectomies performed in Bihar

August 9, 2012
After Chattisgarh, Bihar became the second state to be hit by the 'uterus removal scam'. The Bihar assembly speaker ordered a house committee probe into the alleged removal of uteruses of over 16,000 below poverty line women in …

IMA asks Chattisgarh govt to reveal findings of ‘uterus removal scam’ investigation

August 7, 2012
Private doctors are up in arms against the uterus removal scam. Accusing the state government of taking arbitrary action against doctors in a uterus removal scam and considering passage of a draconian Nursing Home Act which will …

NHRC issues notice to Chattisgarh govt over illegal ‘womb removal’ cases

August 9, 2012
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notice to the Chhattisgarh government on reports that doctors in the state were unnecessarily removing women's uteruses to claim money under a health scheme. "The NHRC has …

Chattisgarh docs grilled about illegal womb removal procedures

August 9, 2012
Health officials in Chhattisgarh finished the two-day questioning of nine doctors accused of removing wombs of young women to make money under the National Health Insurance Scheme, government sources said. The nine doctors, …

Unscrupulous docs in Chattisgarh performed illegal hysterectomies on poor village woman to pocket Govt funds

August 9, 2012
While the country’s explosive population rate is a matter of concern for all there are others who take advantage of the government policies framed to keep it in control. Chattisgarh’s health minister Amar Agrwala, revealed …