Hospitals Heads to be held Non-complaint if Institutional FIR not filed in Doctors assault case
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New Delhi: Taking cognizance of the rising cases of assaults against doctors and how repeatedly the culprits go scot-free due to lack of police action in the matter, the Delhi government recently has come out with a circular mandating that an institutional FIR be filed in the matter by the head of the institutions in such cases
All HOD's of Hospitals/Medical Institutions, are hereby directed that in case of any incident involving abuse or violence by the patients or their attendants, an FIR/Complaint is required to be filed by the concerned Hospitals/ Institutions immediately. In no case, the individual doctor/para-medical/nursing/administrative staff, etc., should be asked to lodge the FIR/complaints with the Police in such cases.
Further, the circular laid down the duty of the FIR upon the MS/directors of the institutions adding that non-compliance of the directions will be viewed seriously
It will be incumbent on MS/Director of the institution to ensure that an FIR is lodged in such cases promptly by the hospital or institution concerned rather than insisting on the concerned hospital staff to lodge the FIR
Non-compliance of aforesaid directions will be viewed seriously.
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