{"id":7721,"date":"2021-09-17T12:01:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T12:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kalpakhosting.co.in\/Sathi\/our-work\/ethical-doctors-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-10-22T13:35:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:35:13","slug":"patients-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kalpakhosting.co.in\/Sathi\/our-work\/patients-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Patients Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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India\u2019s Charter of Patients\u2019 Rights<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\tPatients\u2019 Rights are a list of guarantees about the kind of medical \ntreatment people deserve as patients and human beings, in healthcare \nsettings. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines patients\u2019 \nrights as those owed to the patient as a human being, by physicians \nand by the state. Across the world, medical associations and \ngovernments have formalised these rights in a codified bill called as \nCharters of patient\u2019s Rights.\nIn India, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has \nrecognised the urgent need for such a Charter at the present juncture \nand drafted a comprehensive \u201cCharter of Patients\u2019 Rights\u201d in 2018, \ncontaining 17 basic rights. Inspired by international charters and \nguided by national legal provisions and constitutional obligations, this \nCharter is expected to generate widespread public awareness and \neducate citizens about the quality of care they should expect from \ntheir healthcare providers. It also explains about the responsibilities \nof patients and their caregivers, so that hospitals and doctors can \nwork optimally.\nFollowing a concerted campaign and advocacy with the health \nministry by Jan Swasthya Abhiyan along with other Health Rights \nnetworks and patients groups, the Union Ministry of Health and \nFamily Welfare (MoHFW) issued a letter on June 2, 2019 asking all \nState governments to adopt a smaller set of 13 rights and \nresponsibilities for patients. Some key patients\u2019 rights enunciated in \nthe NHRC were not included in this charter. Nevertheless, this set of \nDo\u2019s and Don\u2019ts must be adopted and implemented by all state \ngovernments.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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17 Rights of Patients, as Tabled in India\u2019s First Charter of Patients\u2019 Rights\n1. Right to Information<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Physicians or their qualified assistants are required to provide adequate information about your illness, its diagnosis (provisional or confirmed, as it may be), proposed investigation and possible complications to the patient. If the patient is not in a state to understand this, the physician or their assistant is required to provide the information to the caretaker.<\/p>

This has to be done in a simple language that the patient or caretaker will understand.<\/span><\/p>

Apart from this, patients have the right to know the identity and professional status of every doctor and assistant as well as the primary doctor who is treating them. Information regarding costs of treatment needs to be given in writing.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Patients or their respective caretakers have the right to access the originals or copies of case papers, indoor patient records and investigation reports. Investigation reports have to be made available to them within 24 hours of admission or 72 hours of discharge. The hospital is responsible for providing a discharge summary or a death summary, in the case of a death, to the caretakers or kin of the patient with original copies of investigations.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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In an emergency situation, you can avail medical care in any government or private hospital. Under Article 21 of the Constitution, which ensures that every person has the right to life and personal liberty, you have the right to prompt emergency care by doctors without compromise on quality or safety and without having to pay full or an advanced fee to the hospital.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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If a hospital decides upon carrying an invasive investigation or surgery or chemotherapy on a patient, they require to do so after completing an appropriate policy procedure. The doctor primarily in charge of a patient has to explain the risks, consequences and procedure of the investigation or surgery in detail and a simple language before providing the protocol consent form to the patient or to the responsible caretaker.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Now this one is a fairly known right, especially if you follow TV shows about hospitals or doctors. The code of ethics dictates doctors to hold information about the illness and treatment plan for the patient in strict confidentiality from everyone except the patient and their caretakers.\u00a0<\/p>

Unless it is an exceptional case where sharing this information is \u201cin the interest of protecting other or due to public health considerations.\u201d In the case of a female patient, she has the right to demand the presence of another woman if the medical practitioner checking or treating her is male. Having said this, the hospital is responsible for upholding the dignity of every patient, irrespective of their gender.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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The above point brings us to the rights of a patient being upheld
without discrimination based on their illness, condition, HIV status or
on their gender, age, religion, caste, ethnicity, sexual orientation,
linguistic or geographical or social origins.
Based on the above characteristics, no person can be subjected to
discriminatory treatment, and the staff of the hospital is responsible
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Here is a brief list of provisions that come under the list of quality care
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