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Padma awardee medicos write to PM seeking separate law for healthcare workers
Updated On: 18 August, 2024 08:11 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
The letter, penned in light of the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case, ends with an appeal to the Union and state governments to protect the medical profession and ensure that healthcare personnel can carry out their duties without fear of violence or harm.
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Over 70 Padma awardee doctors have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to implement a specific law to safeguard healthcare professionals from violence following the Kolkata doctor rape-murder. The doctors have urged the government to pass an ordinance imposing the "harshest possible punishment" on anyone who commits any sort of violence against medical personnel, reported PTI.
According to the report, the letter, signed by prominent figures including former ICMR Director General Dr Balram Bhargav, former AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria, and Dr SK Sarin, Director of the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, expresses deep concern about the rise in violence against healthcare workers. The doctors highlighted that such atrocities (referring to the Kolkata rape-murder case), especially against women, undermine the very foundation of the medical profession.
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