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Right to Health Bill – Rajasthan
March 30 , 2023
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- 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.
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