BCECE Medical BCECE Medical Solved Papers-2015

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    Given below are few comments regarding Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP). Identify the true statement.

    A)  Government of India legalised MTP in 1970.

    B)  MTPs, are considered relatively safe up to 12 weeks of pregnancy.

    C)  Majority of MTPs are legally performed by qualified doctors to an abort healthy child.

    D)  Amniocentesis demotivates people to carry on MTP.

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    MTPs are essential in certain cases where continuation of the pregnancy could be harmful or even fatal either to the mother or to the foetus or both. If such conditions are identified within first 12 weeks, MTP can be done. In first trimester, MTPs are done easily whereas second trimester are much more riskier.


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