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Time of India
3 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
Maharashtra govt to set up vigilance cells to stop illegal uterus removals among cane cutters
1 2 Pune: Maharashtra health minister Prakash Abitkar said on Tuesday the state would set up vigilance committees to check if hospitals or doctors were performing unnecessary and illegal hysterectomies on women. The minister made the announcement after several press reports highlighted a growing number of such procedures being carried out among women sugar cane cutters in Beed. The meeting on Tuesday in Mumbai also involved state women's commission chairperson Chitra Wagh, who has urged the health department to look into the reports. Maharashtra sugar commissioner Siddharam Salimath, who too attended the meeting, said: "New SOPs will be drafted and the issue has been brought under the purview of the health department. The office of the sugar commissioner does not have any direct authority in the matter. But I have instructed all sugar mills in the state to ensure regular health checkups are carried out for cane cutters." For years, there has been concern that women cane cutters, especially in Beed district, were getting their wombs removed to not lose out on daily wages. A 2018 survey of 200 women in Beed by the Maharashtra State Commission for Women revealed that 36% of them had undergone hysterectomy. Another study in 2019 found that of 271 women, 21% had undergone hysterectomies. And both surveys found that nearly 85% of the procedures had been carried out at private hospitals. Experts said the data overall suggested hysterectomies in Beed were 14 times higher than the national average of 3.2% (in 2019). A week ago, there were more media reports alleging that a high number of hysterectomies had been carried out in 2024, to prevent women cane cutters from taking leaves during menstruation. During the meeting, Abitkar asked officials to be more vigilant and ordered the setting up of a district-level committee to monitor complaints of illegal uterus removals, said a statement late on Tuesday. A senior health department official who was part of the meeting said: "The committees at the district level will be similar to how PCPNDT committees work, to check illegal sex determination. The district-level committee will conduct random checks at private hospitals where a high number of hysterectomies have been performed. They will work like a flying squad and will review each case to check if a hysterectomy was required or not. " The official, who didn't want to be named, said such committees will be set up in nine Maharashtra districts, in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions. "If any hospital is found involved in malpractice, action will be initiated under the Bombay Nursing Act," the health department official said. Dr Shilpa Naik, associate professor with Pune's BJ Medical College said early hysterectomies posed a lifetime risk for women. "An early hysterectomy means all symptoms of menopause, which are supposed to kick in later in life after the natural menopausal cycle, begin showing early. The protection a woman has thanks to her hormones will wear off too, making her more susceptible to cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular symptoms like strokes, genitourinary symptoms like urinary incontinence, fractures and hot flashes. The ovaries will also stop functioning 2-3 years after the hysterectomy," Dr Naik said.
United News of India
17-05-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
BJP Mahila Morcha to soon organise Sindoor Yatras across Maha: women's wing chief
Mumbai, May 17 (UNI) The BJP Pradesh Mahila Morcha will soon organise Sindoor Yatras across Maharashtra, said women's wing state president Chitra Wagh on Saturday. Addressing a press conference here, she said that the (Narendra) Modi government gave a befitting reply to the attack on 26 innocent Indians in Pahalgam of Jammu and Kashmir through Operation Sindoor. Through this operation, the Indian Army avenged the tears of our sisters whose 'sindoor' was wiped off in the Pahalgam attack. To pay tributes to the bravery of the Army personnel, the BJP Pradesh Mahila Morcha will organise Sindoor Yatras across the state, she said. Wagh thanked Prime Minister Modi for dedicating the success achieved in the operation to Indian women's power and for naming this operation Sindoor. The Indian Army has brought the image of a new India by giving a strong response to the terrorist attack, she added. UNI SP SS
Time of India
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
'Ban Ajaz Khan's show House Arrest, it's an assault on values': Maharashtra BJP MLC Chitra Wagh
Maharashtra BJP MLC Chitra Wagh has demanded an immediate ban on actor Ajaz Khan's web show 'House Arrest,' alleging its content is obscene and harmful, especially to children. NEW DELHI: Maharashtra BJP MLC Chitra Wagh demanded an immediate ban on actor Ajaz Khan 's web show House Arrest , alleging that its content is obscene and harmful to society, especially children. She also urged Union Information and Broadcasting minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to take strict action against mobile applications promoting such content. 'Ajaz Khan, who calls himself an actor, has created a show called House Arrest, which is nothing but the epitome of obscenity . Clips from this show, streamed on the Ullu app, are now circulating freely on social media, and they are extremely vulgar,' Wagh said. Raising concerns about the impact of such shows on younger audiences, the legislator noted, 'Such content is now easily accessible on mobile phones of children. These kinds of programmes not only insult our culture, but also degrade the moral health of society. This is a perverse attack on the minds of the next generation.' She said creators are misusing the idea of freedom of expression to push vulgar content. 'In the name of freedom of expression, we must stop giving a free hand to obscenity. House Arrest is not merely content—it is an assault on the values of society,' she said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 2025 Top Trending local enterprise accounting software [Click Here] Esseps Learn More Undo Calling for regulatory intervention, Wagh added, 'I appeal to Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to immediately ban all apps that create and distribute such content. This show must be taken down without delay.' She asserted that urgent steps are needed to protect the cultural and psychological well-being of society. 'This is not entertainment; it is a threat to our future,' she said.
