New Delhi: A Department-related Parliamentary Committee on Health and Family Welfare, in its 172nd report, has recommended the immediate abolition of the prior-consent requirement for all emergency neonatal and paediatric referrals to ensure faster and seamless medical intervention. The Committee highlighted the severe shortage of specialised neonatal and paediatric care facilities at district hospitals and warned that the situation poses a serious public health risk, particularly for newborns and infants. Panel Flags Delays in Critical Patient Transfers The Committee observed that the existing administrative protocol requiring a formal consent letter from a district hospital before transferring a critically ill patient to…
Author: The Doctors Post
India is in transition phase moving from an under-developed country to developed country. It has led to the government tightening and ensuring that various sectors comply as per the acts governing those sectors. Healthcare sector is also facing tremendous heat on the compliance issue from various government agencies. It is appropriate time for the medical fraternity to wake up and start performing their professional duties within the parameters define by the law. Overlooking the law for one’s own convenience will have serious repercussions for the medical fraternity. The Income Tax search and seizure operation of Micro Labs has opened a…