Centre issues directives to states, UTs on measures for safety of health workers
The directives are issued by the Centre in the wake of the rape-murder of a woman postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctor in West Bengal.
The directives are issued by the Centre in the wake of the rape-murder of a woman postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctor in West Bengal.
The Union Health Ministry on Friday said Head of the Institution shall be responsible for filing an FIR in any violence against healthcare worker within six hours of the incident.
Susheela, the Anganwadi worker, had complained of shortness of breath and giddiness and she was initially admitted to a hospital in Mancheria on 29 January before she was referred to Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS). She expired at 11 pm the next day.
