Delhi pvt hospitals’ licence will be cancelled if they refuse to admit accident, burn injuries victims

July 30, 2019

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday warned private hospitals that their licences will be cancelled if they refused free treatment to accident and burns injuries victim.

The Chief Minister, in a meeting with the representatives of private hospitals told them that the Delhi government had implemented an scheme to provide free treatment to victims of accidents, burns and acid attacks in private hospitals from February 1 last year.

“In the medical field, it is stated that the first hour is extremely critical for an accident and burns injury victims, and if medical help is provided to such victims within the golden hour, their lives can be saved, keeping this in mind the Delhi government had brought out this scheme,” Mr Kejriwal said.

He  underlined that the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court had in many directions made it mandatory that accidents victims and burn injuries victims be provided free treatment at the first available hospital and no hospital can deny treatment to such victims under any circumstances.

However, some complaints have been received recently, in which it has been brought to light that some private hospitals had refused treatment. “Some of the hospitals refuse to treat accidents victims thinking who will pay their bills and whether they have insurance or not,” the Chief Minister said.

“Delhi government is bearing the entire treatment expenditure of accident and burns injuries victims under its scheme and there should be no complaint in this regard. I am happy that the attitude of all the hospitals was positive and they assured us that there will be no refusal,” Mr Kejriwal said.

”However, If any complaint is received that any hospital refused to treat an accident or a burns injuries victim, our government will not hesitate to take strictest possible action. If it will be found that any hospital adopted an irresponsible attitude, the government will not even hesitate to cancel the licence of such a hospital.” he said.

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