Foetus found in garbage heap near private clinic
Protesters demanded strict action against doctors running the clinic
Protesters demanded strict action against doctors running the clinic. STOCK IMAGE
FAISALABAD:
Scores of protesters blocked Aminpur-Faisalabad Road in protest against a private clinic in Narwala Adda on Monday after an infant’s body was found in a garbage heap near the clinic.
The protesters gathered in front of the clinic and threw stones at it. They shouted anti-abortion slogans and burned tyres on the road. The protesters demanded that the police arrest the doctors working at the clinic.
Asghar Ali, one of the protesters, said the maternity clinic was notorious in the area for conducting abortions. “Bodies of infants are often found in the garbage heap next to the hospital…they are wrapped in cloth and dumped in the trash. We have seen dogs attack the bodies…enough is enough.”
A team from Sandal Bar police station visited the demonstration and told the protesters that they would look into the matter and proceed in accordance with the law. Police also seized the infant’s body.
SHO Rana Imran Younus said they had registered a case against the clinic’s doctors on SI Mujahid Iqbal’s complaint and were investigating the matter. The complainant filed by SI Iqbal says he was on patrolling duty when he received information that some people were agitating in front of a private clinic about the body of newborn that was found in a garbage dump next to the clinic. “I visited the scene and examined the body. It was a foetus that had not yet fully developed …it was clear that it had been aborted.”
Responding to a question, the SHO said according to police rules, a report had been registered against an unidentified woman. “If we find this woman, we will proceed in accordance with law.”
Dr Imran Ahmed, in charge of the clinic, said the protesters had falsely accused them of running an abortion set up.
The SHO said the police had no evidence linking the clinic with the incident.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 15th, 2015.
Scores of protesters blocked Aminpur-Faisalabad Road in protest against a private clinic in Narwala Adda on Monday after an infant’s body was found in a garbage heap near the clinic.
The protesters gathered in front of the clinic and threw stones at it. They shouted anti-abortion slogans and burned tyres on the road. The protesters demanded that the police arrest the doctors working at the clinic.
Asghar Ali, one of the protesters, said the maternity clinic was notorious in the area for conducting abortions. “Bodies of infants are often found in the garbage heap next to the hospital…they are wrapped in cloth and dumped in the trash. We have seen dogs attack the bodies…enough is enough.”
A team from Sandal Bar police station visited the demonstration and told the protesters that they would look into the matter and proceed in accordance with the law. Police also seized the infant’s body.
SHO Rana Imran Younus said they had registered a case against the clinic’s doctors on SI Mujahid Iqbal’s complaint and were investigating the matter. The complainant filed by SI Iqbal says he was on patrolling duty when he received information that some people were agitating in front of a private clinic about the body of newborn that was found in a garbage dump next to the clinic. “I visited the scene and examined the body. It was a foetus that had not yet fully developed …it was clear that it had been aborted.”
Responding to a question, the SHO said according to police rules, a report had been registered against an unidentified woman. “If we find this woman, we will proceed in accordance with law.”
Dr Imran Ahmed, in charge of the clinic, said the protesters had falsely accused them of running an abortion set up.
The SHO said the police had no evidence linking the clinic with the incident.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 15th, 2015.