Medical Professionals skeptic of NHRC public hearings
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Mumbai : While the NHRC is all set to organise a public hearing against human rights violations with respect to healthcare as well as medical negligence cases at TISS Campus in Mumbai, several members of the medical fraternity have raised their concerns over the move.
In the month of September,2015, NHRC in collaboration with Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, an NGO, declared that it would organise a consumer redressal mechanism with public hearings to review human rights violations in the context of public and private health care services. These hearings would involve the presence of state health officials to expedite justice for patients in case of human rights violation. The first of the hearing, concerning 4 states from the western region of the country would be held tomorrow with 125 cases being heard.
While focus of the hearings would be to take action on the health/human right violations of patients both for the public and private sector, sources say that many of the cases include those of medical negligence. This has raised many eyebrows across the medical fraternity, who fear that this may lead to further legal harassment of doctors.
The move of NHRC has met with a mixed response from the medical fraternity. This ranges from welcoming the move, to pure skepticism and fear among many. Speaking to Medical dialogues, DR GS Grewal, President PMC said," I welcome this move on accounts of patients rights. There have been rising instances of denial of treatments including emergency treatment to patients in both public and private hospitals, and this is not at all expected out of the medical profession. "
What's the issue?
In the month of September,2015, NHRC in collaboration with Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, an NGO, declared that it would organise a consumer redressal mechanism with public hearings to review human rights violations in the context of public and private health care services. These hearings would involve the presence of state health officials to expedite justice for patients in case of human rights violation. The first of the hearing, concerning 4 states from the western region of the country would be held tomorrow with 125 cases being heard.
While focus of the hearings would be to take action on the health/human right violations of patients both for the public and private sector, sources say that many of the cases include those of medical negligence. This has raised many eyebrows across the medical fraternity, who fear that this may lead to further legal harassment of doctors.
Doctor's Reaction to the issue
The move of NHRC has met with a mixed response from the medical fraternity. This ranges from welcoming the move, to pure skepticism and fear among many. Speaking to Medical dialogues, DR GS Grewal, President PMC said," I welcome this move on accounts of patients rights. There have been rising instances of denial of treatments including emergency treatment to patients in both public and private hospitals, and this is not at all expected out of the medical profession. "
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