File institutional FIR within six hours of incident of violence against healthcare worker on duty: Union Health Ministry directs hospitals
Amid the massive outrage and nationwide protests over the brutal rape and murder of a Postgraduate doctor in Kolkata R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, the Union Health Ministry has now issued strict directions to the medical institutes and hospitals across the country to file an institutional FIR within six hours of an incident of violence against any healthcare worker on duty.
The Director General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr. Atul Goel shared this Office Memorandum with the directors and medical superintendents of central government hospitals, including AIIMS, and the directors/principals of all medical colleges across the country.
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