Not aware of the new rule, Doctor???

I got this as a forward sometime back, when i was watching yesterday's episode it came to my mind.

Date of Judgment: 23/02/2007.

Case No.: Appeal (civil) 919 of 2007.

The Supreme Court has ruled that all injured persons especially in
the Case of road traffic accidents, assaults, etc., when brought to a
hospital /medical centre, have to be offered first aid, stabilized and
shifted to a higher centre/government centre if required.

It is only after this that the hospital can demand payment or
complete police formalities. In case you are a bystander and wish to
help someone in an accident, please go ahead and do so. Your
responsibility ends as soon as you leave the person at the hospital.

The hospital bears the responsibility of informing the police,
first aid,etc.

Please do inform your family and friends about these basic rights
so That we all know what to expect and what to do in the hour of need.

Thanks for sharing. So this came into effect only a year ago? So glad that now people won't be afraid to take injured people to the hospital.

Kuku..my dear lawyer ji!!! Good to know this...
Looks like this particular Hospital and doctor didn't get the memo.... 😡 😆

Kindly mail this to BT. Atleast in future shows they do not mislead people with the crap they show. this reminds me of what I read in the papers yesterday. I believe Ekta is going to help the Mumbai police to educate the public on Traffic Rules. All her shows are going to incorporate scenes which teach people what to do and what not to do. This will be weaved into the story and atleast two of the 12 serials she has on various channels will carry this message every week. Her creatives and writers were sent to the Traffic Police HQ to learn about the traffic rules inorder to incorporate the same in their stories. Yet, such basic and useful information such as duties of the ordinary citizen and hostpital authorities are not properly portrayed in her shows.

thanks a lot for sharing...like opti said pls mail this to BT..

Thank you for the info. But I think even without such order most hospitals do help emergency patients in urgent manner 😕. The guy got hit by a speedy car, fell off a cliff and even got drowned in a river then floated, doctors/hospitals would surely help first😕.