New Delhi: At a time when 70% of patient care is provided by private sector health institutions, Supreme court On Tuesday, sought answers from the Center, states and Union Territory on one Public interest litigation Demand for implementation of minimum standards of health care by all hospitals and display of rate charts for treatment as per the Clinical Establishment Act, 2010.
bench of the Chief Justice NV Ramana And Justice Suryakant issued notice to all states, union territories and National Human Rights Commission And added, “Hopefully governments will respond positively.”
Senior advocate appearing for NGO ‘Jan Swasthya Abhiyan’ Sanjay Parikh He added that with the focus on the private sector from strengthening the public sector healthcare system, only 30% of patients get treatment from government-owned hospitals and health centres. With the privatization of the healthcare system, patients are being turned away by private hospitals and clinics as there is no enforcement of the Clinical Establishment Act of 2010 and the relevant rules framed in 2012.
Parikh said that the central government, in consultation with the states, has to “condition for registration: minimum standards of facilities and services; minimum requirement of personnel; provision for maintenance of records and reporting; fixation of rates for each type of process”. not yet prepared and notified. and services within the limits of rates issued by the Central Government from time to time.”
He said clinical establishments in 17 States and Union Territories are functioning on provisional registration basis in the absence of notification and fixation of minimum standards.
PIL filed through advocate Srishti Agnihotri, sought a direction to the Center to “enforce all the provisions of the 2010 Act and the 2012 Rules, and, among others, direct that the conditions of registration including adherence to minimum standards, performance and procedures and services for Including adherence to the prescribed rates.”
bench of the Chief Justice NV Ramana And Justice Suryakant issued notice to all states, union territories and National Human Rights Commission And added, “Hopefully governments will respond positively.”
Senior advocate appearing for NGO ‘Jan Swasthya Abhiyan’ Sanjay Parikh He added that with the focus on the private sector from strengthening the public sector healthcare system, only 30% of patients get treatment from government-owned hospitals and health centres. With the privatization of the healthcare system, patients are being turned away by private hospitals and clinics as there is no enforcement of the Clinical Establishment Act of 2010 and the relevant rules framed in 2012.
Parikh said that the central government, in consultation with the states, has to “condition for registration: minimum standards of facilities and services; minimum requirement of personnel; provision for maintenance of records and reporting; fixation of rates for each type of process”. not yet prepared and notified. and services within the limits of rates issued by the Central Government from time to time.”
He said clinical establishments in 17 States and Union Territories are functioning on provisional registration basis in the absence of notification and fixation of minimum standards.
PIL filed through advocate Srishti Agnihotri, sought a direction to the Center to “enforce all the provisions of the 2010 Act and the 2012 Rules, and, among others, direct that the conditions of registration including adherence to minimum standards, performance and procedures and services for Including adherence to the prescribed rates.”
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