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Centre asks states, UTs to register FIR against Individuals who Attack Physicians, healthcare professionals

NEW DELHI: Caution the states and Union territories any assault on physicians and medical staff may reduce their sanity and negatively impact the medical response strategy, the home ministry on Saturday said Monetary FIRs must be submitted against people who threaten or attack health professionals.
“It is now critical that stringent action be taken against individuals who attack caregivers.
Institutional FIRs needs to be filed from assaulters and these instances must be fast-tracked.
You might also want to emphasise terms of this Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Act, 2020, where important,” house secretary Ajay Bhalla stated in a letter delivered to all state chief secretaries along with UT administrators.
Much like advisories had gone into the states/UTs before on April 27 and June 9, indicating various therapeutic measures to assess recurrence of such events against health care professionals, ensuring sufficient safety at health care centers such as Covid-19 specified hospitals.
For those hospitals, the tips contained controlled and limited entry to the assumptions; facilitation centers in the entrance point to offer information in addition to sharing of authenticated data about medical tools with the general public via web site, helpline, etc; installation of fast response authorities groups at vulnerable places together with successful communication/ safety gadgets; successful local-level medical intervention together with well-equipped centralized management area for observation and fast reply, etc..
Bhalla reported a close watch could be held on some other objectionable content in societal websites that might exacerbate such conditions.
“Concerted efforts need to be created throughout posters in hospitals, social networking, etc.
to highlight the most valuable contribution being made by physicians and other health care staff in the battle against Covid-19,” he proposed while asking the states/UTs to consider steps to secure caregivers on priority and engage members of the medical fraternity to assuage their worries.

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