Union Health Ministry has directed that the Head of Institution will be responsible for filing an Institutional FIR within a maximum of six hours in case of violence against Doctors. Director General of Health Services Atul Goel has written a letter to the head of the central government hospitals and medical colleges in this regard.
The direction came in the wake of the recent incident of murder of a doctor in Kolkata and protest by the resident doctors over the issue.
In his letter he said that recently it has been observed that violence has become common against doctors and other healthcare staff in Government Hospitals. A number of Health workers suffer physical violence during the course of their duty. Many are threatened or exposed to verbal aggression. Most of this violence is done by either patient or patient’s attendants.
