The Right to Health (RTH) Bill was passed by the Rajasthan Assembly.
It becomes the first Indian State to enact such Act.
Under the law, neither government nor private hospitals nor doctors can refuse a person seeking emergency treatment.
Emergency treatment would include care in case of accidents, animal or snake bite, complications in pregnancy or an emergency defined by the state health authority.
In such a case, a patient will not be required to make an advance deposit, or pre-payment for either treatment or diagnostics even at a private hospital.
In case a patient cannot pay for his treatment, the state government will reimburse the hospital for the cost.
Patient also gets the right to choose the shop or the lab from where he wants to buy medicines.