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Centre May Consider Legal Safeguards For Health Workers Against Violence
The government may consider introducing appropriate legal safeguards for healthcare workers, who at times face violence from relatives or attendants of patients, a parliamentary panel has said.
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Rs 5 Lakh Fine, 7 Years Jail Term: Kerala Order Protecting Healthcare Workers
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan signed the ordinance that provides for stringent punishment for those found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to those working in the health services sector in the state.
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AIIMS Delhi Cyberattack Highlights Security Risks, Online Operations Resume After Two Weeks
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.
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Parliament Passes Bill To Protect Healthcare Workers Against Violence
The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a legislation that provides for up to seven years in jail for those attacking healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus or during any situation akin to the current pandemic.
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Rajya Sabha Passes Bill To Punish Those Attacking Healthcare Workers
The Rajya Sabha today passed a legislation that provides for up to five years in jail for those attacking doctors and healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 outbreak or during any situation akin to the current pandemic.
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Doctor Attacked During Virus Duty Hails Ordinance To Protect Health Workers
A doctor pelted with stones while screening residents of a locality in Indore earlier this month, on Thursday welcomed the ordinance to protect healthcare workers on the frontline of the fight against coronavirus from acts of violence.
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"It Will Ensure Safety": PM Modi On Tough Law On Attacks On Health Workers
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".
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"Zero Tolerance": Centre Brings Tough Law On Attacks On Health Workers
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.
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"They Wanted To Kill Us With Stones": Cop On Attack On Quarantine Team
The group who had attacked police and healthcare workers at the minority-dominated Padarayanapura in the city on Sunday night had raised slogans ''kill police'' when the team went to quarantine some people, the police alleged in an FIR.
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Javed Akhtar Condemns Attacks On Doctors, Communal Hatred Amid Pandemic
To fight the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it is important to stay united and have faith in each other, veteran lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar said, expressing concerns over attacks on healthcare workers and medics.
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Coronavirus COVID-19 Madhya Pradesh: On Camera, Madhya Pradesh Sanitation Worker Attacked, Clothes Ripped
A group of sanitation worker in Madhya Pradesh were attacked by a mob of locals in Dewas district on Friday when they went to a neighbourhood to clean the streets. One of them, who was attacked with an axe, has been admitted to hospital after his hand was badly injured. The shocking attack comes weeks after similar incidents in the state in which h...
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On Camera, COVID-19 Health Staff Attacked, Chased Away In Madhya Pradesh's Indore
Madhya Pradesh healthcare workers and civic officials were attacked by a mob of angry locals in Indore's Taat Patti Bakhal area on Wednesday, as they visited the area to screen residents for signs of novel coronavirus infection
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Attacks On Doctors, Healthcare Workers Rise Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Doctors at Hyderabad's Gandhi Hospital were allegedly attacked after a patient with multiple illnesses died of COVID-19 today. The 49-year-old man was critical and tested positive for coronavirus around a week ago. After his death, two of his family members blamed the doctors for it and allegedly attacked them.
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Centre May Consider Legal Safeguards For Health Workers Against Violence
The government may consider introducing appropriate legal safeguards for healthcare workers, who at times face violence from relatives or attendants of patients, a parliamentary panel has said.
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Rs 5 Lakh Fine, 7 Years Jail Term: Kerala Order Protecting Healthcare Workers
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan signed the ordinance that provides for stringent punishment for those found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to those working in the health services sector in the state.
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AIIMS Delhi Cyberattack Highlights Security Risks, Online Operations Resume After Two Weeks
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.
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Parliament Passes Bill To Protect Healthcare Workers Against Violence
The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a legislation that provides for up to seven years in jail for those attacking healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus or during any situation akin to the current pandemic.
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Rajya Sabha Passes Bill To Punish Those Attacking Healthcare Workers
The Rajya Sabha today passed a legislation that provides for up to five years in jail for those attacking doctors and healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 outbreak or during any situation akin to the current pandemic.
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Doctor Attacked During Virus Duty Hails Ordinance To Protect Health Workers
A doctor pelted with stones while screening residents of a locality in Indore earlier this month, on Thursday welcomed the ordinance to protect healthcare workers on the frontline of the fight against coronavirus from acts of violence.
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"It Will Ensure Safety": PM Modi On Tough Law On Attacks On Health Workers
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".
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"Zero Tolerance": Centre Brings Tough Law On Attacks On Health Workers
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.
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"They Wanted To Kill Us With Stones": Cop On Attack On Quarantine Team
The group who had attacked police and healthcare workers at the minority-dominated Padarayanapura in the city on Sunday night had raised slogans ''kill police'' when the team went to quarantine some people, the police alleged in an FIR.
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Javed Akhtar Condemns Attacks On Doctors, Communal Hatred Amid Pandemic
To fight the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it is important to stay united and have faith in each other, veteran lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar said, expressing concerns over attacks on healthcare workers and medics.
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Coronavirus COVID-19 Madhya Pradesh: On Camera, Madhya Pradesh Sanitation Worker Attacked, Clothes Ripped
A group of sanitation worker in Madhya Pradesh were attacked by a mob of locals in Dewas district on Friday when they went to a neighbourhood to clean the streets. One of them, who was attacked with an axe, has been admitted to hospital after his hand was badly injured. The shocking attack comes weeks after similar incidents in the state in which h...
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On Camera, COVID-19 Health Staff Attacked, Chased Away In Madhya Pradesh's Indore
Madhya Pradesh healthcare workers and civic officials were attacked by a mob of angry locals in Indore's Taat Patti Bakhal area on Wednesday, as they visited the area to screen residents for signs of novel coronavirus infection
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Attacks On Doctors, Healthcare Workers Rise Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Doctors at Hyderabad's Gandhi Hospital were allegedly attacked after a patient with multiple illnesses died of COVID-19 today. The 49-year-old man was critical and tested positive for coronavirus around a week ago. After his death, two of his family members blamed the doctors for it and allegedly attacked them.
