Patient’s Right to know about his doctor’s qualification and hospital and clinic. Today, doctors of various pathies like allopathy, ayurvedic, homeopathy, naturopathy runs clinics and hospitals in our country. But no information regarding pathy of doctors who are providing their services there is displayed on board of clinic and hospital.
According to Consumer Protection Act and various verdict passed by different courts including consumer court and Hon. Supreme court, medical services comes under purview of Consumer Protection Act by considering patient as consumer and doctor as service provider. So, according to CPA, it is the right of patients (consumer) to know all information about medical services from health service provider called doctors, clinics and hospital (like in which pathy treatment is given, qualification of doctor, medicines used by doctor etc) and simultaneously it…
