Accordingly, the office of the Gujarat Health Commissioner issued a show-cause notice on Dr Anil B Patel, the Chief District Health Officer (CDHO) of Surat, who is also the ex-officio District Appropriate Authority for the implementation of the PCPNDT Act. The Gujarat Health Department on Wednesday sealed Mamta Multispeciality Hospital in Surat after a raid on the premises on the orders of the Health Minister Praful Pansheriya whose office had received information that the hospital was allegedly involved in foetus sex determination and selection practices that are banned in India under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act. Following the raid, the hospital was sealed and an FIR was filed against the owner, Ramgopal Shrikishan Khandelwal, a pharmacist, under the PCPNDT Act, the Gujarat Clinical Establishments Act and the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act on May 4.…