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NAHARLAGUN, 4 Nov:<\/strong> A state level capacity building workshop on the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC & PNDT) Act,1994 for medical officer-cum-district appropriate authority, DEO\/district coordinator and other stakeholders was organised here by the State Health Society on Tuesday.<\/p>\n The workshop was aimed at training the officers and officials of the district in effectively implementing the PC & PNDT Act in the state.<\/p>\n Addressing the participants, Health and Family Welfare Secretary Vivek HP underscored the importance of mandatory registration of all the ultrasound USG machines under the PC & PNDT Act, and stressed that every ultrasound facility must be duly registered with the competent authority to ensure transparency, accountability and strict compliance with the provision of the Act.<\/p>\n He added that unregistered or unreported use of USG equipment not only violets the law but also contributes to concerning practice of gender-biased detection. He also urged all clinical establishmentsand diagnostic centres to ensure that their staff members are adequately trained.<\/p>\n DDFW M Purkayastha presented an overview of PC& PNDT Act and its status.<\/p>\n The technical session was conducted by TRIHMS Radiology and Image HoD Dr S Wangju and senior obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr BT Tayeng.<\/p>\n The second session featured a discussion on birth registration and Aadhaar enrolment. DFW-cum-State Appropriate Authority (PC & PNDT) Dr Nani Rikastressed on proper recordkeeping at all the hospitals and clinics, and said that failure to do so may invite strict action.<\/p>\n The training was attended also by Mission Director Marge Sora, DHS Director Marbom Basar, and DDFW Moyang Tali.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NAHARLAGUN, 4 Nov: A state level capacity building workshop on the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC & PNDT) Act,1994 for medical officer-cum-district appropriate authority, DEO\/district coordinator and other stakeholders was organised here by the State Health Society on Tuesday. The workshop was aimed at training the officers and officials of the district in effectively […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-273262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}