Registration of 17 Ultrasound Clinics cancelled, equipment sealed

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 22: Chief Medical Officer Jammu, today cancelled registration of 17 Ultrasound Clinics and sealed Ultrasound Machines for not complying with the provision of PC&PNDT Act 2002.
The action was taken after the Department of Health received a Memorandum from National Inspection and Monitoring Committee (NIMC) New Delhi, wherein the Chief Medical Officer was asked to close down Diagnostic Clinics by issuing proper suspension/ cancellation of registration for not complying with the provision of PC&PNDT Act 2002 and Rules framed there under besides sealing of the equipment of all those clinics whose registration has already been suspended/cancelled by the District Appropriate Authority (DAA) under PC&PNDT Act to ensure that they are not misused.
The  diagnostic centres whose registrations have been cancelled and Ultrasound Machines sealed are Harleen Diagnostic Centre Rehari Colony, Sahara Ultrasound Centre, Subash Nagar, AAS Ultrasound Centre Gandhi Nagar, Krishna Ultrasound Centre Maheshpura Chowk, Maharishi Dayanand USG Centre B.C. Road, Rehari, Shiva Ultrasound Centre Patta Paloura, Kamla Bakshi USG Resham Ghar, Health Care USG Centre, Gandhi Nagar, Shree Vaishno Diag. Centre Jain Bazar, Neurointervention & Interven-tional Radiology, Bakshi Nagar, Arora Ultrasound Centre Opp. SMGS Hospital, Soham Ultra-sound Centre Akhnoor, MSD Ultrasound Centre, R.S. Pura, Helpline Ultrasound Centre, Lower Roop Nagar,  Choudhary Nursing Home (Ultrasound Centre), Akhnoor, Kotwal Ultrasound Centre Opp. Geeta Mandir, Bakshi Nagar and A-One Ultrasound Centre Trikuta Nagar.