Jaipur: The first meeting of the select committee on ‘Right to Health’ Bill was held in assembly on Tuesday to discuss provisions and changes made in it since September 2022.
BJP leader Kalicharan Saraf and member of the committee demanded that the government should inform the committee on the changes it made in the Bill. “They mentioned that they have made changes based on the suggestions of doctors, private hospitals and other stakeholders. But we demanded that we want the changes to be given in writing, which have been accepted,” said Saraf. He said the next meeting is scheduled for February 13.
Agitating private hospitals are totally against the Bill. “The Bill is not acceptable to us. There is no question of making amendments and changes. We don’t want any such Bill,” said Dr Vijay Kapoor, secretary, Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Society.
Social activists have welcomed the decision of the state government to bring such a Bill, which guaranteed treatment of patients. “The Bill refers to the private health sector only in the context of emergency medical care if no public institution is available in the immediate vicinity till the patient could be transferred to a public institution if the patient so desires. What are these kinds of emergencies can always be specified when the rules are framed and these are any way not more than 1% of the total morbidities. Using this as a reason to discredit the entire Bill indicates surreptitiousness mindset of those who are opposing it,” said Chhaya Pachauli, state coordinator, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA).
BJP leader Kalicharan Saraf and member of the committee demanded that the government should inform the committee on the changes it made in the Bill. “They mentioned that they have made changes based on the suggestions of doctors, private hospitals and other stakeholders. But we demanded that we want the changes to be given in writing, which have been accepted,” said Saraf. He said the next meeting is scheduled for February 13.
Agitating private hospitals are totally against the Bill. “The Bill is not acceptable to us. There is no question of making amendments and changes. We don’t want any such Bill,” said Dr Vijay Kapoor, secretary, Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Society.
Social activists have welcomed the decision of the state government to bring such a Bill, which guaranteed treatment of patients. “The Bill refers to the private health sector only in the context of emergency medical care if no public institution is available in the immediate vicinity till the patient could be transferred to a public institution if the patient so desires. What are these kinds of emergencies can always be specified when the rules are framed and these are any way not more than 1% of the total morbidities. Using this as a reason to discredit the entire Bill indicates surreptitiousness mindset of those who are opposing it,” said Chhaya Pachauli, state coordinator, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA).
