
Doctor turning away minor rape victim serious: Meghalaya govt.
The Hindu
Assembly panel to convene meeting on issue
Meghalaya’s Social Welfare Department has taken “serious note” of a on the grounds that the place of the incident was beyond his jurisdiction. The State’s Assembly Committee on Women Empowerment (ACWE) has also decided to hold a meeting on the issue and asked all officials concerned to depose before it. Social Welfare Minister Kyrmen Shylla condemned the gang-rape of the 14-year-old as well as the insensitivity of the doctor at the Williamnagar Civil Hospital in East Garo Hills district for citing a jurisdictional reason to decline treatment to her.More Related News

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