Dr Ganesh Rakh’s who is a successful doctor is inspiring many doctors for his wonderful thought. In the year 2007, he set up a 25-bed Medicare General and Maternity Hospital in the Hadapsar suburb of Pune. Themain reason behind starting the hospital was to help the underprivileged patients. Today his hospital has grown, and so has the intensity of his work.
In today’s world who are throwing girl child in dustbin, this brave and kindhearted doctor took a oath of not charging even a penny for a girl child. Till date, out of hundreds of deliveries, both normal and caesarian, maternity charges have been waived off. In fact, the entire hospital celebrates the birth of the girl child by distributing sweets in the hospital. Dr Rakh told that female infanticide “is rampant because regressive social norms are not only anti-women but are even anti-girl child. As a medical professional I have seen the torture that a mother undergoes when she comes to know that she has delivered a girl.”
“After reading media reports about my work, I was contacted by nearly 17-18 gram panchayats and hundreds of doctors who have not only promised to stop sex determination tests and abortions but welcome girl children by motivating families,” Dr Rakh told. As of date, nearly 3,000 doctors from the interiors of Maharashtra have joined his cause of fighting social biases and prejudices against the girl child.
