Union Health Ministry Constitutes 10 member Panel to Bring Common Law on Violence against Doctors
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New Delhi: Addressing the issue of increasing instances of violence against doctors, the Union Health Ministry has now formed a 10-member committee to study the proposal to have a pan India law against assault on doctors on duty.
The first meeting of the committee members was held on Wednesday, the 10th July 2019 at Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi.
The panel is going to examine the "pros and cons" of bringing a central legislation against assault on doctors on duty and violence in clinical establishments.
The move come in light of the fact, that while instances against violence against doctors have become common in all parts of the country, many states have still not enacted a law to deal with such instances. Further in absence of set protocols including institutional FIRs, no action had been taken against angry patients and their relatives who continously assaulted doctors.
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The first meeting of the committee members was held on Wednesday, the 10th July 2019 at Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi.
The panel is going to examine the "pros and cons" of bringing a central legislation against assault on doctors on duty and violence in clinical establishments.
The move come in light of the fact, that while instances against violence against doctors have become common in all parts of the country, many states have still not enacted a law to deal with such instances. Further in absence of set protocols including institutional FIRs, no action had been taken against angry patients and their relatives who continously assaulted doctors.
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