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- The Union Health Ministry has notified the standards of public and private healthcare institutions.
- It aims to ensure accessibility of healthcare facilities and services to the persons with disabilities (PwDs).
- The RPwD Act, 2016 mandates the Central government to formulate rules laying down standards of accessibility inter-alia for facilities and services provided to the public in urban and rural areas.
- The guidelines themed ‘Accessibility Standards for Health Care’ which aims at removing barriers including physical and architectural barriers, communication barriers, attitudinal barriers and social and economic barriers for people with disabilities.
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