No progress on model law to protect doctors, reveals RTI
Despite the proposal for a model law to protect healthcare professionals from violence being acknowledged by the National Task Force (NTF), there has been no significant development in this regard.
As per the recent RTI response, the National Task Force, which was constituted by the Supreme Court to ensure the safety of doctors and healthcare workers, had requested the Government to prepare the draft model law for States/Union Territories to protect healthcare professionals. Consequently, the Union Health Ministry on September 5, 2024, constituted a sub-group with DGMS (Navy) as the convener, under the National Task Force, to strengthen the legal framework across all States. However, there is no clarity on any development in this regard, the Ministry of Home Affairs informed in response to the RTI, filed by Dr. KV Babu, a Kerala-based Health activist.
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