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Obtaining birth certificate: EGH residents request Hek to simplify process

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SHILLONG: East Garo Hills residents have urged Health and Family Welfare Minister AL Hek to take steps to simplify the process of obtaining birth certificates for children.
In a memorandum submitted to the Health Minister, parents rued that the magistrates are following a long process which involved the fixing a date, asking for presence of mid wife and other witnesses.
The parents said that they have to shell out as much as Rs 6000-Rs7000 for obtaining a birth certificate.
The parents requested that the doctors in charge of any hospital/CHC should be allowed to issue birth certificates based on the availability of the child’s records without the need for producing an affidavit.

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