Mint Explainer: Rajasthan has made healthcare a right. Now comes the hard part
The state’s Right to Heath Act represents a huge step forward for rights-based healthcare legislation in India. But will it deliver on its lofty goals?
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The state’s Right to Heath Act represents a huge step forward for rights-based healthcare legislation in India. But will it deliver on its lofty goals?
Private doctors in Rajasthan were against the Right To Health Bill and had said that the execution of the legislation will create hurdles in their functioning.
The Rajasthan doctors, who have been protesting against the the Right to Health bill, has called off protest on Tuesday after reaching a consensus.
The Right to Health Bill proposes the right to emergency treatment and care without prepayment at any "public health institution, healthcare establishment and designated healthcare centre."
The main demand that private hospitals that have not taken any benefit in the form of land or buildings at subsidised rates should be kept outside the ambit of the RTH Bill has been accepted.