The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central and all state governments on a petition seeking that sterilization should be done only by trained doctors in proper hospitals.
Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice H.L. Gokhale issued notice on senior counsel Collin Gonsalves’ petition which alleged that NGOs were carrying out sterlization in the most unhygienic conditions.
Gonsalves told the court that the NGOs lacked trained medical personnsl and were not giving anesthesia to patients.
He alleged that in some cases, school desks were used as operation table, and simple torches used to provide lighting.
