Not ‘Beti Bachao’, India obsessed with ‘Ghar-ka Chirag’
Discussing the nine-year-old Beti Bachao Jan Andolan (BBJA) s report card, Dr. Rakh said that till date, his Pune hospital delivered 1,925 females, absolutely free of cost, an unparalleled feat anywhere. Follow Newsd On
By Quaid Najmi
Nine years ago on this day, when a soft-spoken Pune medico, Dr. Ganesh Rakh, 46, announced ‘free delivery’ of all infant girls born in his Rakh’s Medicare Hospital (RMH), he was promptly dismissed as the ‘Mad Doc’ and scorned by the medical fraternity and society alike.
As the clock entered a new decade this week, Dr. Rakh’s small initiative launched to coincide with the birth anniversary of the legendary social reformer Savitribai Jyotirao Phule (1831-1897) has now blossomed into a global campaign.