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Raipur (India) (AFP) -Eight women have died in Indiaand dozens more are in a critical condition after a state-run sterilisationprogramme designed to control the country's billion-plus population went badlywrong, officials said Tuesday.
印度萊浦（法新社）——官員周二稱，印度為了控制人口而實行的絕育計劃在實施過程中出現差錯，導致八名印度婦女死亡，另有幾十名情況緊急。
More than 60 women are in hospital aftersuffering complications from the surgery over the weekend and 24 of them areseriously ill, authorities in the central state of Chhattisgarh said.
周末在進行絕育手術后出現并發癥，現在有60多名婦女住在醫院里，其中24名病情嚴重，印度中部的恰蒂斯加爾邦當局稱。
"Reports of a drop in pulse, vomitingand other ailments started pouring in on Monday from the women who underwentsurgery," said Sonmani Borah, the commissioner for Bilaspur district wherethe camp was held.
“周一，接受過手術后的婦女出現脈搏跳動緩慢，嘔吐，以及其他疾病，”比拉斯布爾市（此次事件中絕育營所在地）的一名行政長官如是說。
"Since Monday, eight women have diedand 64 are in various hospitals," he told AFP by telephone.
“自周一以來，已經有8名婦女死亡，還有另外64名婦女分布在不同的醫院里，”他通過電話對法新社說。
State governments in India frequently organise masssterilisation camps under a national programme whereby women are given 1,400rupees ($23) as an incentive to undergo the procedure.
印度州政府經常舉行大規模的絕育行動，這是個國家計劃，接受絕育手術的婦女可獲得23美元的獎勵。
Under pressure to meet targets, some localgovernments also offer other incentives such as cars and electrical goods tocouples volunteering for sterilisation.
在實現目標的壓力之下，一些當地政府還提供其他的獎勵措施，比如汽車和電器。
Although the surgery is voluntary, rightsgroups say the target-driven nature of the programme has led to women beingcoerced into being sterilised, often in inadequate medical facilities.
雖然手術是自愿的，但是由于該計劃是要完成一定指標的，所以導致婦女被強迫進行絕育手術，而且經常是在不太合格的醫療環境中執行。
