May 13, 2026
The Hindu Bureau
Chief Executive Officer of the Zilla Panchayat Lavish Ordia has said that private hospitals must obtain permission from the District Medical Board before performing an abortion in pregnancy over 24 weeks.
He was speaking after inaugurating a training workshop on the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act organised jointly by the district administration, the Zilla Panchayat, the District Health and Family Welfare Department, the National Health Mission, the YIMS Yadgir and the IPAS Bangalore Institute of Technology at the Yadgir Institute of Medical Sciences (YIMS) auditorium in Yadgir on Tuesday.