Coronavirus crisis: Govt brings in ordinance; up to 7-year jail for attacking health workers, fine upto Rs 5 Lakhs. (DOWNLOAD HERE)
Ordinance to amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 in the light of the pandemic situation of COVID-19 (DOWNLOAD BELOW) During the current COVID-19 pandemic, there have been instances of the most critical service providers i.e. members of healthcare services being targeted and attacked by miscreants, thereby obstructing them from doing their duties. Members of the Medical community, even as they continue to perform relentlessly round the clock and save human lives, have unfortunately become the most vulnerable victims as they have been perceived by some as carriers of the virus.This has led to cases of their stigmatization and ostracization and sometimes worse, acts of unwarranted violence and harassment. Such a situation tends to hamper the medical community from performing their duties to their optimum best and maintaining their morale, which is a critical need in this hour of national health crisis. While healthcare service personnel are duty bound to serve without d...