Doctor Challenges validity of KPME Act in Court; Govt, MCI, IMA get notices

Finally,  a diluted version of the controversial medical bill to regulate private health care was passed by a voice vote in the Karnataka Assembly after dropping a jail-term clause for doctors.

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Now stating the amendment being discriminatory, the doctor  has asserted that the Criminal Procedure Code and IPC do not make a distinction between a private medical establishment, a government establishment or public facility which have the same duty towards the victims.

Hindu quotes the petition as stating “The KPME Act is seeped with errors and is a product of legislation without competence,”  and the petitioner termed the Act “discriminatory” as it excludes State-owned hospitals from its purview.  It also pointed out that the Justice Vikramajit Sen committee, which was constituted by the State government to look into and evaluate the need for taking legislative measures to control and manage hospitals, had recommended inclusion of both the State-owned and private hospitals under the enactment.