Mumbai: Gynaecologists and Obstetricians from various leading organisations across India marched in suburban Mumbai to ‘Save the Girl Child’, an organiser said here on Thursday.
The walkathon was held on Wednesday simultaneously in 130 cities on the eve of the 188th birth anniversary of the great social reformer and earliest women’s activist from Maharashtra — Savitribai Jyotirao Phule.
The event saw the participation of around 35,000 medicos, said Federation of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of India (FOGSI)’s Committee on Medical Disorders in Pregnancy Chairperson Komal Chavan. (IANS)
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