Violence against doctors: MP High Court Grants More Time to Address Doctors’ Demands
Bhopal: The state government has approached the bench led by the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, seeking additional time to address the charter of demands submitted
by the Junior Doctors’ Association (JDA) to enhance workplace safety. The court granted the state government a week to respond to these
requests.
In light of a tragic
incident involving the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College, the Junior Doctors’ Association of Madhya Pradesh put forth a list of
ten demands to ensure their protection in the workplace, reports Times of India. Following the court’s
directive for the junior doctors to halt their strike, it also encouraged the
association to propose safety measures for consideration by the state
government.
Once the junior doctors’
demands were presented, the state government informed the court that the Union
Health Ministry had instructed all heads and superintendents of central
government hospitals, including AIIMS, to ensure that an FIR is filed within six
hours of any violent incident involving hospital staff.
The bench, comprising
Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Vinay Jain, urged the state
government to take appropriate actions in line with the junior doctors’
requests, reports the Daily.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that even though the national task force constituted by the apex court said there is no requirement for a separate law or Central Protection Act, the doctor associations stepped up their demands for a central law. Several doctor bodies have been taking legal steps or going on protests to get a permanent solution to the cases
of violence against doctors. The move came in light of
the recent incidents of attacks on medical professionals by the kin of
patients.
