Answer of the Minister of State in
the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Shri Ashwini
Kumar Choubey) Question No. 3253 for 12.07.2019 regarding
"Assaults on Doctors".
“(a) & (b): Yes, incidents of strike
by doctors because of
alleged assault on doctors on duty in various parts of the
Country have come to the notice of the Government.
As per Constitutional provisions, ‘Health’ and ‘Law &
Order’ are State subjects. Therefore, the concerned State/UT Government are
required to take measures to prevent such incidents under the appropriate legal
framework applicable in the respective State/UT. Details of such cases is not
maintained centrally.
(c): As per the information received from IMA, IMA had
appealed for withdrawal of non essential services on 17th June, 2019 from 6:00
AM to 6:00 AM next day, as a token protest. The emergency services and critical
services were unaffected.
(d) to (f):
Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has issued
an advisory to all States/UTs to consider immediate
measures for inculcating an effective sense of security among
the doctorson duty, as under:
i.
Security of sensitive
hospitals to be managed by a designated and trained force,
ii.
Installation of CCTV cameras
and round the clock Quick Reaction Teams with effective communication/security
gadgets particularly at Casualty, Emergency and areas having high footfalls,
iii. Well-equipped centralized control room for monitoring and quick response,
iii.
Entry restriction for undesirable
persons,
iv.
Institutional FIR against
assaulters,
v.
Display of legislation
protecting doctors in every hospital and police station,
vi.
Appointment of Nodal Officer
to monitor medical negligence,
vii.
Expeditious filling up of
vacant posts of doctors and para medical staff in
hospitals/Primary Health Centres to avoid excessive burden/pressure
on doctors and to maintain global doctor-patient ratio,
viii.
Better infrastructural facilities
and medical equipment and provision of extra monetary incentive for
the doctors and para medical staff serving in hard/remote areas as
compared to major and metro cities with better career prospects, etc.
Government has constituted a Committee to examine various
aspects of a uniform legislative framework to address the issue
of assault on clinical establishments and doctors on duty.”
The above answer is in response to the Unstarred Question
No. 3253 admitted by the Lok Sabha for 12.07.2019 regarding
"Assaults on Doctors" raised by 10 MPs: Shri Prasun Banerjee; Shri Khagen Murmu; Shri
Bhartruhari Mahtab; Shri Vinod Kumar Sonkar; Shri Syed Imtiaz Jaleel; Shri
Rahul Ramesh Shewale; Dr. Sukanta Majumdar; Shri BB Patil; Shri Asaduddin
Owaisi; Shri Raja Amareshwara Naik.
Will the Minister of Health and Family
Welfare be pleased to state:
a. whether assaults on doctors and hospital staff have been reported in various Government hospitals across the country including recent incidents in West Bengal;
b.
if so, the details of such
cases reported during the last three years, hospital and
State/UT-wise;
c.
whether Indian Medical
Association (TMA) has directed all its States the members
to stage protests against such attack on doctors across the country which
led to the shutdown of OPD, Emergency services which resulted into death of
patients, if so, the details thereof;
d.
whether the Government has
implemented the recommendations of the Inter-Ministerial Committee constituted
in the Ministry to
review various issues including issue
of assaulton doctors, if so, the derails thereof;
e.
whether there is urgent
need for a specific legislation to
protect doctors/health professionals; and
f. if so, the preventive steps taken/ being taken by
the Government in this regard
Dr KK Aggarwal
Padma Shri Awardee
President Elect Confederation of
Medical Associations in Asia and Oceania
(CMAAO)
Group Editor-in-Chief IJCP Publications
President Heart Care Foundation of
India
Past National President
IMA
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