Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Right to Emergency Care - Supreme Court Ruling.

Date Of Judgment: 23/02/2007.

Case No.: Appeal (civil) 919 of 2007.

The Supreme Court has ruled that all injured persons especially in
the case of road traffic accidents, assaults, etc., when brought to
a hospital / medical centre, have to be offered first aid,
stabilized and shifted to a higher centre / government centre if
required.

It is only after this that the hospital can demand payment or
complete police formalities.

In case you are a bystander and wish to help someone in an
accident, please go ahead and do so.

Your responsibility ends as soon as you leave the person at the
hospital. The hospital bears the responsibility of informing the
police, first aid, etc.

Please do inform your family and friends about these basic rights so
that we all know what to expect and what to do in the hour of need.

Please forward this message to everyone and save a life.

5 comments:

roadtriplife said...

this is a judgement passed in India right?

roadtriplife said...

yup ... of course

Vinod said...

please can you post a reference for this info.

Nakul Shenoy said...
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Nakul Shenoy said...

Hi there!

Are you sure about this? My guess is that this is a spam...

The case judgement referred [Appeal (civil) 919 of 2007] does not say anything to this effect.

See the Supreme Court website

Nakul