In a country where the boy child is still celebrated over a girl. Where the news of ‘ladka hua hai‘ is  met with sweets and the beating of drums while ‘ladki hui hai‘ gets a nod of the head and a sober handshake, this news is very welcome.
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A hospital in Gujarat has stepped up and have announced that they will waive the hospital fees for the parents if a girl is born. Sindhu Hospital in Ahmedabad plan to change the mindset of expecting parents with this one simple move. Mahadev Lohana, managing director of Sindhu Hospital said,  “For years, we observed that majority of women who got admitted for delivery hoped and prayed for a boy. Sweets would be distributed on birth of a male child but a girl’s arrival would be met with stoic acceptance. The trust decided it was time to celebrate arrival of a daughter.” This simple but effective initiative was started by the trust in June 2016 and has already seen positive results! Over a 150 couples have already registered to deliver at the hospital.
The hospital now returns the full amount paid towards hospital charges back to the couple and even throws a small birthday party for the newborn girl. Ahmedabad has a sex ratio of 890 girls to 1000 boys and initiatives like these will definitely go a long way to correct that.
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