AP docs seek state’s intervention to prevent violence against them
2 years, 4 months ago

AP docs seek state’s intervention to prevent violence against them

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: In the wake of rising incidents of violence against doctors and hospitals, the medical fraternity appealed to the people to take a pledge to shun violence against them and their hospitals in the state to mark 75th Independence Day celebrations. Unlike the earlier practice of four to five cases of assault on doctors and ransacking their hospitals alleging negligence to protect the lives of patients per year, the number of cases has gone up to seven to eight per month causing a serious concern to doctors. The doctors alleged that on one pretext or the other, patients’ family members or local supporters were picking up a quarrel to target doctors and their hospitals and assault them and damage their properties and medical equipment in the ICUs and later rope in local politicians or even advocates to subject the doctors to blackmail, resort to extortion or even life threat at times. Indian Medical Association AP branch president Dr C. Srinivasa Raju said, “We appeal to the state government to take up the issue of assault on doctors and ransacking hospitals by carrying out an amendment to the concerned sections of the Act. Incidents of violence are causing concern among the doctors and some doctors are even getting demoralised to practice medicine fearing trouble.” The doctors also appealed to both the Central and the state governments to release financial relief worth Rs 50 lakh each to 85 doctors who lost their lives due to Coronavirus in AP.

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No central data on violence against doctors: Government tells Lok Sabha
3 weeks, 5 days ago

No central data on violence against doctors: Government tells Lok Sabha

New Indian Express  

When asked whether the government plans to introduce or amend any legislation to ensure the safety and protection of medical professionals from such violence, the minister said many states have already enacted laws to address violence against healthcare professionals. "As state laws have adequate provisions to address day-to-day minor offences, and serious offences can be addressed by BNS, 2023, a …

India: Doctor’s stabbing renews debate over hospital safety months after rape and murder of medic
1 month ago

India: Doctor’s stabbing renews debate over hospital safety months after rape and murder of medic

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — A knife attack on a doctor in India has renewed an impassioned debate about whether enough is being done to protect medical staff in the world’s most populous nation’s often crowded and overstretched hospital wards. “How are we supposed to treat patients if we don’t know if we ourselves will make it out safely,” K. M. …

Andhra doctors deplore National Task Force report, demand protection
1 month, 1 week ago

Andhra doctors deplore National Task Force report, demand protection

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Medical practitioners across the State and the rest of the country have expressed dissatisfaction with the National Task Force appointed by the Supreme Court, which concluded that a Central Protection Act for doctors is unnecessary. The Supreme Court constituted the NTF following the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder incident to evaluate the need for stringent security measures …

SC dismisses plea for central law to protect medical professionals
1 month, 1 week ago

SC dismisses plea for central law to protect medical professionals

Deccan Chronicle  

The Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling, dismissed the plea for a central law to protect medical professionals from violence. The plea, filed by a group of medical associations, argued that a nationwide law was necessary to provide better safety measures for doctors and healthcare workers, given the rising incidents of violence against them in hospitals across India. …

Day after attack, doctor says he’s doing well; stir continues
1 month, 1 week ago

Day after attack, doctor says he’s doing well; stir continues

Hindustan Times  

Chennai: The government doctor in Chennai, who was stabbed multiple times by his patient’s son on Wednesday, said from the ICU on Thursday that he was stable even as doctors working in government hospitals across Tamil Nadu boycotted their duty in protest against the brutal attack and demanded more security. Doctors during a strike against the recent stabbing of Dr. …

Doctors go on protest across Tamil Nadu demanding better security in govt hospitals
1 month, 1 week ago

Doctors go on protest across Tamil Nadu demanding better security in govt hospitals

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Doctors associations across the state went on protest on Wednesday afternoon after a doctor at the Kalaignar Centenary Super Specialty Hospital was stabbed allegedly by the son of a cancer patient. Following the incident, Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s car was blocked briefly by protesting doctors and other medical staff outside the hospital. Although the health minister said that …

Indian Medical Association condemns brutal attack on doctor in Chennai
1 month, 1 week ago

Indian Medical Association condemns brutal attack on doctor in Chennai

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Condemning the brutal stabbing of a government doctor on duty in Chennai, the Indian Medical Association on Wednesday said strong deterrent legislations, exemplary punishments, and proactive safety measures are the need of the hour. The nation owes this to its doctors,” said IMA National President Dr. R V Asokan and Dr. Anilkumar J Nayak, Honorary Secretary General, in …

No plan to enact Central law to protect healthcare professionals: RTI reply
3 months, 2 weeks ago

No plan to enact Central law to protect healthcare professionals: RTI reply

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Central government has once again reiterated that it would not be enacting a separate legislation for prohibiting violence against doctors and healthcare professionals, in an RTI reply. The government’s clear stand on the proposed law it had drafted in 2019 and then scrapped has come at a time when doctors and various medical associations, including the Indian …

Emergency services to remain unaffected during nationwide strike, says Karnataka health minister
4 months, 1 week ago

Emergency services to remain unaffected during nationwide strike, says Karnataka health minister

New Indian Express  

MANGALURU: Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao assured that emergency services at hospitals across the state will remain unaffected by the nationwide strike called by the Indian Medical Association today. Stating the heinous crime on medical professionals is condemnable and the agitation is justifiable, he said he has called a meeting on Tuesday to discuss measures to prevent …

Save doctors from public violence
1 year, 6 months ago

Save doctors from public violence

Deccan Chronicle  

Recently, at Nims Hyderabad, nephrology resident doctors were assaulted by attendants and relatives of a patient when a highly critical 62-year-old expired in another department. They vent their stress and frustration on weak, non-threatening, unarmed doctors when their loved ones are at the brink of death.” — DR Vidit Singh, Psychiatrist at Manipal Tata Medical College ‘Man is mortal, can’t …

Safety, in the line of duty: on Kerala’s move and health-care workers
1 year, 7 months ago

Safety, in the line of duty: on Kerala’s move and health-care workers

The Hindu  

Medical science is so advanced today, it has extended longevity and enhanced quality of life in ways thought impossible in the past, and yet, life must end in death. This is why Kerala’s move to amend the Kerala Healthcare Service Persons and Healthcare Service Institutions Act, to fortify defences against attacks on health-care institutions and workers is not only welcome …

IMA-AP seeks comprehensive legislation to restrain violence against doctors
1 year, 7 months ago

IMA-AP seeks comprehensive legislation to restrain violence against doctors

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Indian Medical Association’s Andhra Pradesh state executive committee meeting has demanded comprehensive legislation against violence in the medical profession. IMA-AP state president Dr G. Ravi Krishna and secretary Dr P. Phanidhar said that the IMA state executive meeting was held at Guntur and expressed concern over attacks on the medical professionals, which were on the rise. He deplored …

Resident doctor assaulted at NIMS, doctors demand SPF at hospitals
1 year, 7 months ago

Resident doctor assaulted at NIMS, doctors demand SPF at hospitals

The Hindu  

Senior Nephrology resident doctors working at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences Hyderabad were allegedly assaulted and beaten by a patient’s attendants on Thursday morning. Speaking to The Hindu, Dr Zeeshan, president of RDA NIMS said: “We demand Special Protection Force at hospitals as per GO number 103 for prevention of violence against doctors and healthcare personnel. The Telangana government …

Kerala woman doctor's murder: CM calls emergency meet to discuss safety of health workers
1 year, 7 months ago

Kerala woman doctor's murder: CM calls emergency meet to discuss safety of health workers

India Today  

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2 yrs jail, fine for assault on medical professionals in new Jharkhand bill
1 year, 9 months ago

2 yrs jail, fine for assault on medical professionals in new Jharkhand bill

Hindustan Times  

The draft of the new medical personnel protection bill approved by the Jharkhand government last week will invite a jail term of up to two years and a monetary fine of up to ₹50,000 against any person found guilty of assault on medical professionals and vandalising government and private hospital properties. A cabinet chaired by chief minister Hemant Soren on …

Amendments to hospital protection Act likely as doctors come under frequent attacks in Kerala
1 year, 9 months ago

Amendments to hospital protection Act likely as doctors come under frequent attacks in Kerala

The Hindu  

The State government is reportedly mulling over bringing in amendments to a legislation that prohibits attacks against healthcare workers and imposes a punishment of up to three years in jail and a fine up to ₹50,000, with more cases of violence against doctors and hospitals being reported from various districts recently. Loopholes in Act None of the culprits, however, have …

AP DGP assures protection to doctors, hospitals against attacks
1 year, 9 months ago

AP DGP assures protection to doctors, hospitals against attacks

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Director General of Police K.V. The delegation urged Rajendranath to implement the Andhra Pradesh Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions Act, 2008, enacted by former chief minister late Y.S. The delegation wanted the DGP to circulate copies of this act to all police stations in the state so that their personnel could become aware of the act and …

IMA condemns assault on doctors, seeks stern action
2 years, 5 months ago

IMA condemns assault on doctors, seeks stern action

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Indian Medical Association, AP branch, condemned the assault on doctors and the destruction of medical equipment at a private hospital in Vijayawada. In a statement here on Saturday, the IMA said that assaulting doctors, destroying valuable equipment, trespassing into the ICU zone and threatening the health personnel in the hospital was an act of radical violence as it …

Doctors strike work in southern districts
2 years, 8 months ago

Doctors strike work in southern districts

The Hindu  

MADURAI A large number of doctors affiliated to Indian Medical Association resorted to a one-day strike by not attending outpatient cases at government and private hospitals and clinics on Saturday. In many southern districts, including Madurai, Ramanathapuram and Dindigul, the doctors, holding placards, demanded protection to the doctors from patients and urged the governments to withdraw the criminal case registered …

'Beating Of Doctors And Other Hospital Staff By Attendants Of Patients Has Become A Very Regular Feature': MP High Court Directs State Gov To Amend Law To Curb Such Violence
3 years, 3 months ago

'Beating Of Doctors And Other Hospital Staff By Attendants Of Patients Has Become A Very Regular Feature': MP High Court Directs State Gov To Amend Law To Curb Such Violence

Live Law  

The Jabalpur Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday expressed strong reservations against the increasing practice of beating, manhandling and attacking doctors and other paramedical staff in hospitals by the attendants of the patients. The Court was adjudicating upon a Public Interest Litigation petition which had been registered on the basis of a letter dated November 18, 2013 …

Citizenry Should Behave In A Civilized Manner: Kerala High Court Calls For Stringent Action Against Attacks On Medical Workers
3 years, 3 months ago

Citizenry Should Behave In A Civilized Manner: Kerala High Court Calls For Stringent Action Against Attacks On Medical Workers

Live Law  

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Karnataka High Court Seeks Report On Steps Taken For Prevention Of Violence Against Medical Professionals
3 years, 4 months ago

Karnataka High Court Seeks Report On Steps Taken For Prevention Of Violence Against Medical Professionals

Live Law  

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Violence against doctors | Andhra Pradesh chapter of Indian Medical Association to protest on June 18
3 years, 6 months ago

Violence against doctors | Andhra Pradesh chapter of Indian Medical Association to protest on June 18

The Hindu  

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Bill For Protection Of Healthcare Personnel During Epidemics Receives Presidential Assent [Read Notification]
4 years, 2 months ago

Bill For Protection Of Healthcare Personnel During Epidemics Receives Presidential Assent [Read Notification]

Live Law  

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Doctors of Delhi Govt's Valmiki Hospital to Withdraw Services Following Late Action on Assailants
4 years, 2 months ago

Doctors of Delhi Govt's Valmiki Hospital to Withdraw Services Following Late Action on Assailants

News 18  

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PIL Seeks Formulation of Guidelines For Protection Of Medical Professionals & Institutions From Violence In Case Of Medical Accidents; Bombay HC Seeks State's Reply [Read Order]
4 years, 3 months ago

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Live Law  

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