Is a Central Protection Act the best way to protect medical professionals from violent attacks in India?
Samarendra Barman1, Kaustav K Bairagi1
1Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati, India.
The Medico-Legal Journal
|February 12, 2025
Abstract:
India's doctors are demanding effective protection against escalating levels of violence against healthcare workers. There are Acts in several states aimed at the prevention of violence against healthcare workers and health establishments but conviction rates are very low. Following the recent rape and murder of a trainee doctor in a government hospital, the demand for a central law to protect healthcare workers has intensified. But would this be effective?
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