Amid the ongoing row over recently passed Right to Health (RTH) Act in the state assembly, the Rajasthan doctors are all set to hold a massive rally in Jaipur on Tuesday where over 20,000 doctors are expected to participate including IMA Haryana unit members.
According to President IMA, DR Anil Malik, “All branches of IMA Haryana have been requested to send delegates on April 4 to Jaipur.
Private doctors in Rajasthan are demanding withdrawal of the Bill passed in the state assembly on March 28.
According to the bill, every resident of the state will have the right to emergency treatment and care "without prepayment" in any "public health institution, health care establishment and designated health care centres".
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So far, after a series of talks were held between doctors and chief secretary Usha Sharma at her residence from 2 am to 5 am on Tuesday.
Principal secretary Akhil Arora and medical education secretary principal secretary T Ravikant were also present at the meeting.
Previously, a six-member delegation of doctors led by secretary of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Society, Vijay Kapoor met the state government representatives to resolve the impasse over the Bill and ensure appropriate medical care to the people on Monday.
The meeting, however, failed to reach a concrete solution to the issue.
Doctors have agreed on three conditions
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1) Only those hospitals who have got help from the government will implement RTH in phase 1. Those who want to implement RTH can go ahead.
2) Hospitals with less than 50 beds will not implement RTH.
3) In future if any amendment has to be made, then two representatives of Indian Medical Association (IMA) will be included in it.
All about the protest
Secretary of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Society, Vijay Kapoor in a statement said the statewide complete medical bandh in protest against the Bill continued for the 16th day on Monday.
A large number of doctors along with representatives of other social organisations reached the JMA auditorium. Supporting the movement, various social organisations urged the government to accept the just demands of the doctors and end this impasse immediately, he said.
He said the bandh continued in all districts of the state, adding that Dr Sohan Kumawat, who is sitting on a fast unto death in Sirohi, reached Jaipur on the fifth day of his fast.
Elaborating further on the support garnered by the protest, the Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Society secretary said 218 private hospitals in Jaipur have given their written consent to discontinue government schemes.
He said 100 per cent private hospitals from other 21 districts of the state have given written applications for mass de-empanelment of government schemes.
Kapoor also announced that a big rally will be held on Tuesday where a large number of medical workers will participate.
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"We are getting support from other states of the country as well," he added.
(With PTI Inputs)
