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Jan Arogya Abhiyan, an NGO working to defend and foster people’s right to health care in Maharashtra addresses a Petition to the Minister for Public Health and Family Welfare, Maharashtra, urging the Maharashtra government to adopt the  Standard Charter of Patients’ Rights:
We believe that in Doctor-Patient relations, patients are inherently vulnerable. Hence they need to be protected with the help of a legally enforceable Standard Charter of Patients’ Rights.  Establishing patient rights will impact our health care system in a significant and positive way.
Rights are correlated with both duties and responsibilities. All hospitals should adopt such a Standard Charter of Patient’s Rights, display it in the local language(s) in a prominent location in the Hospital, make copies available on demand, ensure its observance, and orient their staff for the same.  Patients should know how and where to report any denial of these rights by ... [Follow Original Article link for full content.]