The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for a single-window redress system for complaints of medical negligence substituting the multiple fora that now exist in West Bengal. A bad precedence has been set by the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Bill that makes doctors and private hospitals liable to be penalized by several bodies and laws for the same lapse, the IMA has pointed out. Doctors in West Bengal should protest the bill for there could be mayhem if other states started replicating it, felt the IMA which will meet on March 11 to seek legal action against the proposed act.
It also hinted at seeking political support to get the bill scrapped. Speaking to a leading national newspaper from Delhi, IMA president said that the bill was impractical and detrimental to good treatment. Strangely, it seeks to restrict treatment cost and limit every…
