Protection of Small Hospitals, Doctors from Violence: SC asks govt reply on AHPI petition
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Central government on a petition seeking enactment of a law against perpetrators indulging in violence against medical professionals.
A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana issued a notice to the Centre, the Health Ministry and the Law Ministry and asked them to file a detailed response on the plea filed by Association of Healthcare Providers India (AHPI) Tamil Nadi Chapter. It has been filed on behalf of 56 private hospitals in Tamil Nadu.
Asserting that the violence against doctors has caused a lot of damage to the clinical establishments, the petitioners sought directions from the apex court to the government for taking immediate action against people attacking medical professionals and causing damage to medical establishments.
“Small and medium-sized private health care establishments, which provide the bulk of healthcare services, are isolated, disorganised and vulnerable to violence. Violence against health service providers is only a manifestation of this malady,” stated the petition.
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