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RG Kar rape-murder case: Doctors plan 10-day protest in Kolkata as two key accused get bail

In a shocking twist of events, the two prime suspects in the rape and murder case of a female junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have been granted bail. Dr. Punyabrata Ghosh, Joint Convenor of WBJPDA, expressed strong discontent over the court's decision, stating, "We demand that the CBI immediately submit the supplementary charge sheet in this …

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3 weeks, 3 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 …

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4 weeks ago

Violence against doctors: IMA chief criticises National Task Force recommendations, says they are out of touch with reality

The Hindu

The Indian Medical Association has criticised the recommendations of the Supreme Court-constituted National Task Force on the safety of doctors, particularly its stance against the need for a Central law for their protection. Incidents of violence however, have continued: earlier this month, the Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital in Chennai, stood witness to a brutal attack on one of its …

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1 month ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: November 11, 2024 To November 17, 2024

Live Law

Nominal Index Citations M/S Crystal Transport Private Limited & Anr. Case Details: XYZ v. State of Gujarat Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 887 The Supreme Court advised High Courts to exercise caution before quashing non-compoundable cases based on settlement between the victim and the accused. Case Details: Som Nath Bharti v. State of Uttar Pradesh The Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed …

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1 month ago

SC task force says separate law for violence against docs not required

Hindustan Times

The National Task Force, constituted by the Supreme Court to propose measures for the safety of health care professionals in the aftermath of the gruesome rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9, has recommended against the need for a central law to address violence against medical personnel. The …

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1 month 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. …

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1 month ago

Supreme Court panel dismisses need for central law to shield doctors

Hindustan Times

The National Task Force, constituted by the Supreme Court to propose measures for the safety of healthcare professionals in the aftermath of the gruesome rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9, has recommended against the need for a central law to address violence against medical personnel. The SC …

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Separate Central Law To Deal With Offences Against Medical Professionals Not Required : National Task Force To Supreme Court

Live Law

The National Task Force, in its report filed in the Supreme Court in the RG Kar suo motu case, has opined against the need for a central law to protect healthcare professionals. A separate Central law to deal with offences against healthcare professionals is, therefore, not required,” the NTF stated. The major offences/heinous offences are adequately covered under BNS,” the …

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Separate Central Law To Deal With Offences Against Medical Professionals Not Required : National Task Force To Supreme Court

Live Law

The National Task Force, in its report filed in the Supreme Court in the RG Kar suo motu case, has opined against the need for a central law to protect healthcare professionals. A separate Central law to deal with offences against healthcare professionals is, therefore, not required,” the NTF stated. The major offences/heinous offences are adequately covered under BNS,” the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Trump's cabinet picks already have a playbook they could choose to follow. This is what the Project 2025 manifesto proposes

ABC

If you followed the US presidential campaign trail this year, chances are you've heard of Project 2025. Key policies include: Page 6: Providing federal and state support to alternative options to abortion, especially adoption Providing federal and state support to alternative options to abortion, especially adoption Page 455: Ramping up abortion surveillance Ramping up abortion surveillance Page 473: Reverse interpretations …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Health care workers in Gaza ask why the international community ignores their suffering

Salon

Just over a year ago, after a massive explosion in the parking area of Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza killed 471 people and wounded hundreds more, plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, who was performing surgery at Al-Ahli when the roof fell in, gave an extraordinary press conference. Related Why warzones are the perfect place for antibiotic resistance and …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

SC reaffirms doctors’ accountability under Consumer Protection Act

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a request to revisit its landmark 1995 judgment, which had classified medical services under the Consumer Protection Act and held that healthcare providers, including doctors and hospitals, could be held accountable under the Act for service deficiencies. Considering the “sui generis ” nature of services lawyers provide in making the judicial system efficient, effective …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

RG Kar doctor rape-murder case: SC refuses to transfer trial outside West Bengal

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down a plea to consider transferring the trial in the rape and murder case of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, to another state, affirming that the trial will proceed in West Bengal. We are not doing anything like that.” Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the state government, …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

SC Rejects Medical Negligence Claim: Focus on Clear Deviation from Accepted Medical Practices

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court has reaffirmed that medical professionals cannot be held liable for negligence solely because a surgery or treatment does not produce the expected results. The court stressed that complications, even unexpected ones, do not necessarily imply that a doctor has failed to perform their duties with due diligence and skill. The case in question revolved around a complaint …

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SC Rejects Medical Negligence Claim in Minor Eye Surgery Case

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court has ruled that medical professionals cannot be held liable for negligence solely because surgery or treatment does not produce the expected results. The court emphasized that a poor outcome does not necessarily equate to negligence, and that medical procedures come with inherent risks and the unpredictability of outcomes should not automatically lead to the conclusion of malpractice.

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin is first woman to be India’s top military doctor

Hindustan Times

NEW DELHI: Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin on Tuesday took over as the director general of the Armed Forces Medical Services, the first woman doctor to hold the position. Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin will head the Armed Forces Medical Services for two years. The development comes two months after Lieutenant General Sadhna Saxena Nair took over as the Director …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

How ‘Doc-Influencers’ Are Leading The Fight Against Health Misinformation In India

ABP News

If you're someone who spends a lot of time on social media, it's likely that you have come across videos and Reels telling you how lying on one's right side before conception guarantees a female child or why paracetamol is the world’s most dangerous medicine. Fighting For Science Cardiologist Dr. Paramjeet Singh Maras, with over 163k Instagram followers and 2.7 …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Healthcare professionals’ safety: NTF holds first meeting; launches portal

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court constituted National Task Force tasked with formulating measures to make work environment safe for health care professionals held its first meeting on Tuesday, a government statement said. Suggestions of major stakeholders and those received on the portal will be collated by the Union health ministry for further consideration of NTF members,” read the health ministry statement. All …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Supreme Court-appointed National Task Force to convene first meeting today

India TV News

Emphasising the importance of doctors' safety as a matter of national interest, the Supreme Court on August 20 established a 10-member National Task Force to develop a protocol for their protection. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud had said that a lack of institutional safety norms at medical establishments against both violence and sexual violence against medical professionals …

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4 months ago

AIIMS resident doctors end strike after Supreme Court order in Kolkata rape case

India Today

The Resident Doctors' Association of AIIMS, New Delhi called off their 11-day strike after the Supreme Court’s intervention in the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor in Kolkata on August 9. “We are resuming duties following the Supreme Court’s appeal and assurances and intervention in the RG Kar incident and safety for doctors,” the association said in a …

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4 months ago

Health Ministry to set up national task force for security of healthcare professionals

The Hindu

The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday issued an office memorandum for the constitution of the National Task Force to formulate protocols governing the safety of doctors. As per the memorandum, NTF shall prepare an action plan categorised under two heads — prevention of violence against medical professionals and providing safe working conditions and providing an enforceable national protocol for dignified …

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4 months ago

Supreme Court forms 10-member task force to ensure doctors' safety

India Today

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the formation of a 10-member National Task Force to monitor the safety of doctors in India. The Supreme Court order came amid widespread protests in the country, triggered by the rape-murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The 10 members of the task force are: …

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4 months ago

Karnataka to set up task force to work out safety measures for medical professionals in hospitals

The Hindu

Following the rape and murder of a doctor in R.G. Kar Medical College in Kolkata which raised concern within the healthcare community over the safety of women doctors, the State Health Department will set up a task force to work out the modalities of safety measures that could be put in place for medical professionals in hospitals. Announcing this after …

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4 months ago

'Bengal Govt Shall Observe Necessary Restraint': Top 10 Supreme Court Quotes In Kolkata Doctor Murder Case

ABP News

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the rape and murder of a doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata is a horrific incident which has shcoked the country. The apex court while appointing a National Task Force for evolving a national consensus on ensuring safety for doctors observed that, "Women are at particular risk of …

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RG Kar rape-murder case: Doctors plan 10-day protest in Kolkata as two key accused get bail

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

Violence against doctors: IMA chief criticises National Task Force recommendations, says they are out of touch with reality

Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: November 11, 2024 To November 17, 2024

SC task force says separate law for violence against docs not required

SC dismisses plea for central law to protect medical professionals

Supreme Court panel dismisses need for central law to shield doctors

Separate Central Law To Deal With Offences Against Medical Professionals Not Required : National Task Force To Supreme Court

Separate Central Law To Deal With Offences Against Medical Professionals Not Required : National Task Force To Supreme Court

Trump's cabinet picks already have a playbook they could choose to follow. This is what the Project 2025 manifesto proposes

Health care workers in Gaza ask why the international community ignores their suffering

SC reaffirms doctors’ accountability under Consumer Protection Act

RG Kar doctor rape-murder case: SC refuses to transfer trial outside West Bengal

SC Rejects Medical Negligence Claim: Focus on Clear Deviation from Accepted Medical Practices

SC Rejects Medical Negligence Claim in Minor Eye Surgery Case

Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin is first woman to be India’s top military doctor

How ‘Doc-Influencers’ Are Leading The Fight Against Health Misinformation In India

Healthcare professionals’ safety: NTF holds first meeting; launches portal

Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Supreme Court-appointed National Task Force to convene first meeting today

AIIMS resident doctors end strike after Supreme Court order in Kolkata rape case

Health Ministry to set up national task force for security of healthcare professionals

Supreme Court forms 10-member task force to ensure doctors' safety

Karnataka to set up task force to work out safety measures for medical professionals in hospitals

'Bengal Govt Shall Observe Necessary Restraint': Top 10 Supreme Court Quotes In Kolkata Doctor Murder Case