NEW DELHI: The Union Health Ministry has decided to pursue a proposed legislation to check violence against doctors and other healthcare professionals despite the Home Ministry opposing it holding there cannot be a separate law to protect members of a particular profession.
The Health Services Personnel and Clinical Establishments (Prohibition of Violence and Damage to Property) Bill, 2019, which seeks to punish people who assault on-duty doctors and other healthcare professionals by imposing a jail term of up to 10 years was dismissed by the Home Ministry during an inter-ministerial consultation over the draft law.
In his address at the 20th convocation ceremony of National Board of Examinations, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said that the Government is concerned over rising instances of attacks on doctors on duty. (AGENCIES)
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