PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad High Court has taken serious note of undue harassment of rape victims due to delays in their medico-legal radiological examination mainly due to the non-availability of radiologists in various districts across the state.The court emphasized on the need for a proper appointment and transfer policy for government doctors in the state.Taking note of the fact that while some districts had no radiologist though others had more than one, the high court observed, “From bare perusal of the list filed by the Principal Secretary, Medical Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of UP, speaks volumes of disproportionate posting of radiologists across the State.” “Concentrating 78 radiologists in a single district like Lucknow, while leaving other districts without even one does raise serious concerns about equitable distribution of medical resources,” the court added.Justice Krishan Pahal made the observations while hearing a bail application of a man against whom an FIR was lodged by a girl’s father that he had abducted and raped his 13-year-old minor daughter.But the girl had claimed that she had gone with applicant on her own will and later the girl was found to be 19-year-old i.e. of consenting age in ossification test but due to false averments regarding her age, the man remained in jail for six months.
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