Pune Sassoon hospital to get dedicated OPD for Transgender Community
Pune: In an effort to achieve a better future and equal rights for all, Sassoon General Hospital in Pune has decided to form an outpatient department (OPD) devoted exclusively to transgender patients.
Thinking of changing its services, the hospital wrote a letter assuring that a separate OPD for the transgender community will be established soon in the hospital. In the letter, the hospital also mentioned creating a three-member committee to check if there is discrimination against transgenders in the hospital.
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According to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, which was passed by Parliament in November 2019, and came into effect on 11 January 2020, it protects transgender individuals against discrimination in education, employment, and healthcare. It recognizes the gender identity of the individual, and there are provisions in the law for a certificate to be issued with their new gender identity.
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