Demand for ‘right to healthcare’ law revived in Rajasthan
The Hindu
The Congress had promised it in its 2018 Assembly polls manifesto
The demand for the enactment of a legislation on the right to healthcare, for which the for the 2018 Assembly election, has been revived in Rajasthan. Health activists here affirmed that the law would streamline medical services and guarantee the availability of essential facilities to citizens.
The Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA), a network of civil society organisations, has pointed out that the implementation of a statutory right to healthcare would not put any immediate financial burden on the State government as a sufficient number of doctors, health service providers, buildings, equipment and medicines are already available. The law, if enacted, is expected to strengthen the monitoring system in the health sector.
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