Chandigarh, May 20 -- Haryana health department suspended three senior medical officers (SMOs) and one medical officer (MO) for "poor performance" and "failure to ensure" effective monitoring of measures related to improving the sex ratio of the state, officials said on Tuesday.

The trigger for the move is the drastic dip in the sex ratio at birth (SRB) that Haryana registered in the last four months. In 2025, the state's SRB stood at 923 female per 1,000 male births.

Without disclosing Haryana's current SRB status, the health department said in a statement that the "strong administrative crackdown" resulted from the "deteriorating sex ratio."

Those suspended are Dr Tina Anand (SMO), posted at CHC Purkhas in Sonepat; Dr Vijay Parmar, S...