Healthcare Law

The resident doctors' association (RDA) of AIIMS also urged for the restoration of law and order at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata where a trainee doctor was raped and killed.

Over 70 Padma Awardee doctors have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about violence against doctors and other healthcare workers.

The Kerala government on Thursday said it was going to issue an ordinance amending the law for protection of hospitals to ensure the safety of doctors and healthcare professionals in the state.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday demanded a comprehensive legislation to put a check on violence against healthcare professionals.

AIIMS Delhi was hit by a cyberattack two weeks ago, crippling the online services of Delhi's leading hospital, which resumed online registrations on Wednesday. The November 23 attack on AIIMS Delhi was followed by a series of failed attempts to hack the country's top medical research organisation, the Indian Council of Medical Research.

India’s Firozabad police has announced the launch of a new complaint forum, that is built on the Polygon blockchain. All details filed on the blockchain network cannot be altered or edited. This would ensure consistency in details around the cases that would come under investigation.

The Supreme Court Friday said that doctors and healthcare services are not excluded from the ambit of the Consumer Protection Act of 2019 and termed the PIL concerning it as a "motivated PIL".

A nationwide protest called by the Indian Medical Association over recent incidents of violence against healthcare professionals and demanding a central law to curb such cases, was held on Friday.

Though central government collects the bulk of the taxes, it is the states which do most of the expenditure, including on education, healthcare, law and order.

The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre to justify its 2017 law on Mental Healthcare which "virtually negates" the pre-existing penal provision that made attempt to commit suicide a punishable offence.

President Donald Trump's administration has asked the US Supreme Court to invalidate the Obamacare law introduced by his predecessor that added millions to the healthcare safety net but has been a major political controversy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said tougher punishment for attacks on health care workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus fight will "ensure the safety of our professionals" and manifested the government's commitment to protect "each and every healthcare worker".

With attacks increasing on healthcare workers amid the coronavirus pandemic, the government has brought in an ordinance to protect doctors. Attacks on health care workers have been made a non-bailable offence and will carry an imprisonment from six months to seven years, union minister Prakash Javadekar has announced.

Fortis co-founder Shivinder Mohan Singh, who had earlier filed a petition against his older brother Malvinder Mohan Singh, citing "oppression and mismanagement", said on Thursday that he has now decided to withdraw the case on the insistence of their mother. Shivinder Singh said that he has now filed a fresh petition in the National Company Law Tri...

The Trump administration on Saturday halted billions of dollars in payments to health insurers under the Obamacare healthcare law, saying that a recent federal court ruling prevents the money from being disbursed.

The resident doctors' association (RDA) of AIIMS also urged for the restoration of law and order at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata where a trainee doctor was raped and killed.

Over 70 Padma Awardee doctors have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about violence against doctors and other healthcare workers.

The Kerala government on Thursday said it was going to issue an ordinance amending the law for protection of hospitals to ensure the safety of doctors and healthcare professionals in the state.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday demanded a comprehensive legislation to put a check on violence against healthcare professionals.

AIIMS Delhi was hit by a cyberattack two weeks ago, crippling the online services of Delhi's leading hospital, which resumed online registrations on Wednesday. The November 23 attack on AIIMS Delhi was followed by a series of failed attempts to hack the country's top medical research organisation, the Indian Council of Medical Research.

India’s Firozabad police has announced the launch of a new complaint forum, that is built on the Polygon blockchain. All details filed on the blockchain network cannot be altered or edited. This would ensure consistency in details around the cases that would come under investigation.

The Supreme Court Friday said that doctors and healthcare services are not excluded from the ambit of the Consumer Protection Act of 2019 and termed the PIL concerning it as a "motivated PIL".

A nationwide protest called by the Indian Medical Association over recent incidents of violence against healthcare professionals and demanding a central law to curb such cases, was held on Friday.

Though central government collects the bulk of the taxes, it is the states which do most of the expenditure, including on education, healthcare, law and order.

The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre to justify its 2017 law on Mental Healthcare which "virtually negates" the pre-existing penal provision that made attempt to commit suicide a punishable offence.

President Donald Trump's administration has asked the US Supreme Court to invalidate the Obamacare law introduced by his predecessor that added millions to the healthcare safety net but has been a major political controversy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said tougher punishment for attacks on health care workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus fight will "ensure the safety of our professionals" and manifested the government's commitment to protect "each and every healthcare worker".

With attacks increasing on healthcare workers amid the coronavirus pandemic, the government has brought in an ordinance to protect doctors. Attacks on health care workers have been made a non-bailable offence and will carry an imprisonment from six months to seven years, union minister Prakash Javadekar has announced.

Fortis co-founder Shivinder Mohan Singh, who had earlier filed a petition against his older brother Malvinder Mohan Singh, citing "oppression and mismanagement", said on Thursday that he has now decided to withdraw the case on the insistence of their mother. Shivinder Singh said that he has now filed a fresh petition in the National Company Law Tri...

The Trump administration on Saturday halted billions of dollars in payments to health insurers under the Obamacare healthcare law, saying that a recent federal court ruling prevents the money from being disbursed.