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Rth: Counsel Pvt Facilities On Rth Bill: Cm Tells Sms Hosp Docs | Jaipur News
Jaipur: On the Right to Health (RTH) bill controversy, chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday reiterated that some private hospitals protesting against RTH need to understand that healthcare is not a business but a service. He was addressing a gathering of doctors at the platinum jubilee celebration of SMS medical college, Jaipur. Gehlot asked government doctors to counsel their private hospital friends about the RTH Bill.
The Congress had promised to bring the RTH Act in the state in its election manifesto in 2018.
Acting on it, the state government had prepared the RTH bill, but it has faced protest from private hospitals in the state as they claimed that some provisions in the bill are ‘unconstitutional’ and will affect private hospitals’ functioning badly. However, the state government, referring to the constitution of the country, claimed that health and education are not a business, but it is a service.
Gehlot said that the state government is soon going to bring the Right to Health Bill. Education and health are works of public service and not business, so there should be no opposition to the bill. Commendable work is also being done by private hospitals in the field of health. All reasonable doubts regarding the bills will be cleared by the state government. He said, “We do not want you (private hospitals) to feel insecure. You are also working for public service. We want society to benefit from your services. The government is within this public service. But, without any reason, protest is irrelevant.”
The CM also urged the PM to bring a Right to Social Security Act.
The Congress had promised to bring the RTH Act in the state in its election manifesto in 2018.
Acting on it, the state government had prepared the RTH bill, but it has faced protest from private hospitals in the state as they claimed that some provisions in the bill are ‘unconstitutional’ and will affect private hospitals’ functioning badly. However, the state government, referring to the constitution of the country, claimed that health and education are not a business, but it is a service.
Gehlot said that the state government is soon going to bring the Right to Health Bill. Education and health are works of public service and not business, so there should be no opposition to the bill. Commendable work is also being done by private hospitals in the field of health. All reasonable doubts regarding the bills will be cleared by the state government. He said, “We do not want you (private hospitals) to feel insecure. You are also working for public service. We want society to benefit from your services. The government is within this public service. But, without any reason, protest is irrelevant.”
The CM also urged the PM to bring a Right to Social Security Act.
