Health Ministry forms committee to look into instances of Doctor assault

The Terms of Reference (TOR) of the inter-ministerial committee include frequent instances of assault on doctors and clinical establishments across the country and the need for a central legislation for providing protection to the same.

The ToR also include urgent amendments in the PC and PNDT act to ensure that strict penalties are imposed only on actual act of sex determination and not for clerical errors in maintenance of registers.

The IMA is also of the view that registration should be of ultrasound machine and not of doctors not doing pelvic ultrasound, the minister said.

The other ToR include suitable amendments should be made in the consumer protection act for capping the compensation amount as the current practice apart from being very high at times was also tilted in favour of persons with higher income.

The ToR also include that non MBBS and non BDS doctors should not be allowed to prescribe medicines under modern system and other stream practitioners like AYUSH doctors should not be allowed to practice through bridge courses and government orders.