In the wake of country-wide protests by doctors after attack on two of their colleagues in Kolkata, Union Health Minister on June 14 supported the medical fraternity's demand for a central law to check violence against health care workers in hospitals and said such crimes should be made non-bailable. "Heinous repeated attacks on doctors across India esp WBengal have led to this situation.Govt must pass a Law to make any attack on Docs a non-bailable offence with min 12 yr jail. Draconian Clinical Establishment Act that treats Docs as criminals must be withdrawn (sic)," union health minister tweeted.
His tweet came hours after the Indian Medical Association launched a four-day nationwide protest from June 14 and wrote to Union Home Minister demanding enactment of a central law to check violence against health care workers in hospitals. Reacting to health minister's remarks, the IMA…
