IMA AP demands amendment in law to protect doctors on duty
Anantapur: The Andhra Pradesh chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded that the state government must amend the law regarding the protection of doctors on duty. The association pointed out that there should be a provision for attackers to be arrested under the non-bailable section.
IMA state president Dr Ravi Krishna told Medical Dialogues, "The first time an act for protecting doctors who are on duty had been first passed by the then chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in 2008. There was an incident in the women's hospital in Hyderabad where the kin of the patient allegedly attacked the doctor. IMA opposed the incident and demanded for a law against such cases of violence on medical professionals. After this, 16 states opted for the same act."
He explained that the existing law doesn't ensure immediate action against relatives of patients who attack doctors and hospitals. The current law enables the police to punish the offenders with 3 years of imprisonment if proven guilty but the accused can't be booked under non-bailable sections.
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