In Pakistan’s Punjab province, a feminine physician named Dr Aliza Gill was fired from her place for performing a virginity check on a minor rape sufferer, regardless of the follow being banned. The Punjab authorities terminated her service on Tuesday.
Throughout a listening to on Tuesday, Lahore Excessive Court docket (LHC) justice Farooq Haider took severe discover of a case involving a 10-year-old rape sufferer who was subjected to the two-finger check by Dr Gill.The decide stated “In no way, the check could be carried out or documented within the medicolegal report”.
In 2020, the LHC prohibited the usage of the two-finger virginity check in rape examinations, deeming it “humiliating having no forensic worth”.
Justice Farooq additionally expressed concern over the continued follow of the check in hospitals, regardless of the ban, and famous that docs are issuing medical certificates towards the regulation. “It is a very severe matter and mustn’t go unnoticed,” he stated.
The Punjab authorities knowledgeable the court docket that they’d terminated Dr Gill’s companies for conducting the virginity check on the minor rape sufferer. Additionally they stated that, in accordance with the LHC judgement, directions have been issued to docs all through the province relating to the medicolegal examination of feminine sexual assault victims, emphasizing that the virginity check should not be carried out or documented within the medicolegal report.
Raj Maqsood, the federal government’s counsel, knowledgeable the LHC that the Surgeon Medical Officer of Punjab has additionally advisable the formation of a brand new medical board to look at the sufferer.
The listening to was adjourned until Thursday, with the decide reiterating the significance of adherence to authorized protocols and the necessity for thorough investigation and accountability in circumstances of sexual assault, Daybreak reported.
Throughout a listening to on Tuesday, Lahore Excessive Court docket (LHC) justice Farooq Haider took severe discover of a case involving a 10-year-old rape sufferer who was subjected to the two-finger check by Dr Gill.The decide stated “In no way, the check could be carried out or documented within the medicolegal report”.
In 2020, the LHC prohibited the usage of the two-finger virginity check in rape examinations, deeming it “humiliating having no forensic worth”.
Justice Farooq additionally expressed concern over the continued follow of the check in hospitals, regardless of the ban, and famous that docs are issuing medical certificates towards the regulation. “It is a very severe matter and mustn’t go unnoticed,” he stated.
The Punjab authorities knowledgeable the court docket that they’d terminated Dr Gill’s companies for conducting the virginity check on the minor rape sufferer. Additionally they stated that, in accordance with the LHC judgement, directions have been issued to docs all through the province relating to the medicolegal examination of feminine sexual assault victims, emphasizing that the virginity check should not be carried out or documented within the medicolegal report.
Raj Maqsood, the federal government’s counsel, knowledgeable the LHC that the Surgeon Medical Officer of Punjab has additionally advisable the formation of a brand new medical board to look at the sufferer.
The listening to was adjourned until Thursday, with the decide reiterating the significance of adherence to authorized protocols and the necessity for thorough investigation and accountability in circumstances of sexual assault, Daybreak reported.
