The Rajasthan government has presented the Right to Health Bill in the Legislative Assembly, which has been sent to the Select Committee for review due to objections and criticism by several members of the Legislative Assembly, medical practitioners and the public. The state government has consulted doctors on this Right to Health Bill. Have asked to file objections, after which the state government is planning to reintroduce the bill and get it passed by the assembly.
As per Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti (RTH) formed by private providers, most of the private hospitals are managing their setup cost and heavy running cost expenditure, state government has not given any subsidy or concessions on their land, electricity bill, any other tax or any other facility. In such a situation, it is not fair to be forced by the government for free services.
The Rajasthan government has presented the Right to Health Bill in the Legislative Assembly, which has been sent to the Select Committee for review due to objections and criticism by several members of the Legislative Assembly, medical practitioners and the public. The state government has consulted doctors on this Right to Health Bill. Have asked to file objections, after which the state government is planning to reintroduce the bill and get it passed by the assembly.
Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti (RTH) believes that “It is the responsibility of the state government to provide AAAQ Compliant (Accessible, Acceptable, Affordable & Quality compliant) health services to the people of the state and the state government is also fully capable of providing such health services, but through this bill, the government will ask private hospitals to Wants to take free services in the name of emergency without defining emergency. Like any other enterprise, business, industry or business, private hospitals have to raise resources at their own level and any business without resources can provide free services indefinitely. In such a situation, private hospitals may have to face serious financial crisis in future, many private hospitals which are already going through serious financial crisis may be closed due to this additional burden, which will eventually cost the state. Only the public has to be raised.”
Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti (RTH) points that Most of the private hospitals and doctors are providing health services within their reach to 70% of the residents of the state. These are managing their setup cost and heavy running cost expenditure, state government has not given any subsidy or concessions on their land, electricity bill, any other tax or any other facility. In such a situation, it is not fair to be forced by the government for free services.
Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti (RTH) points that “The government has a huge network of sub-centres, PHCs, CHCs, sub-district hospitals, district hospitals and medical college hospitals, where free health services are available to all citizens of the state through free drug schemes, free check-up schemes, etc. A network of government health centers has been spread to every corner of the state. Medical colleges will also be established in every district in the next few years. Presently twenty government medical colleges have been established. Health services are not being provided, then it is necessary to improve the management of health services of the government. If there is any flaw in the government health care delivery system, then it should be removed first, instead of making a new law, the system should be made more complicated.”
Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti (RTH) demands that hotels, restaurants and private educational institutions should be provided free of cost while implementing the Food Security Act and Right to Education in the state.