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Adopt the Patient Rights Charter, regulate rates in private hospitals NOW!
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Charter of Patients’ Rights has been displayed by the Union Health Ministry for comments, and is now pending adoption since Oct. 2018. Jan Swasthya Abhiyan activists from across the country have written to the Ministry, urging adoption of this charter to protect patients rights, especially in private hospitals where large scale malpractices are rampant. At the same time, there is apprehension that the private medical lobby may try to block, delay or dilute the adoption of this charter.
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Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (People’s Health Movement – India), All India Patients Rights Group, Mahila Pragati Manch, People for Better Treatment, National Campaign for Right to Public Health and Delhi Network of Positive People organised a Human Chain and Protest to demand protection for Patients' Rights, in Delhi on 26th February. Over 250 people drawn from the communities in Delhi and other solidarity groups from different states were in the public protest, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, a popular space for citizen’s dissent and protests. The public demand for patients rights concluded with a human chain.
COPASAH Members were present in solidarity at the public meeting. COPASAH has also signed the petition demanding the patient rights.
Adopt the Patient Rights Charter, regulate rates in private hospitals NOW! It is available at:
https://www.change.org/p/shri-j-p-nadda-adopt-the-patient-rights-charter-regulate-rates-in-private-hospitals-now
COPASAH Members were present in solidarity at the public meeting. COPASAH has also signed the petition demanding the patient rights.
Adopt the Patient Rights Charter, regulate rates in private hospitals NOW! It is available at:
https://www.change.org/p/shri-j-p-nadda-adopt-the-patient-rights-charter-regulate-rates-in-private-hospitals-now
| letter_to_union_health_ministry_seeking_meeting_on_26th_feb_on_patients_rights.pdf |