Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

Annexure 8
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Recommendations of North East Regional Public
Hearing on Right to Health Care,
Guwahati, 28 th Nov 2004
Budgetary Measures:
1. The State Health Budget or Health Budget on Health Care to be doubled with immediate
effect.
2. The drug budget for PHC and CHC in the state should be doubled.
3. In the pre-monsoon season, extra stocks and inventory of all essential medicines to be
made available in government hospitals in rural areas to deal with possible disruption
in supply.
4. Contingency plan to deal with healthcare arising during and post flood situation in the
state with special staff assigned for such work.
Legal Measures:
1. Enactment of a State Public Health Act in each state, which would outline the mandatory
health care services which might be made available to the people as a right at various levels
of the public health system. This act would specify which services and standards of care
must be made available at the community, sub centre, PHC, CHC, Sub-district and
District hospital levels, as well as the preventive and promotive measures that the
government would undertake.
2. Enactment of a Clinical Establishment Regulation Act in each state to ensure minimum
standards, adherence to standard treatment guidelines and ceilings for costs of essential
medical services in the private sector.
3. Private practice presently allowed to Government health care providers should be legally
banned, and those doing it should be promptly punished.
4. Policy for primary health care in the state should be adopted and implemented.
5. Standard Treatment Protocol for treating of all common ailments should be prepared and
enforced.
6. The clear and distinct regulatory act for private nursing homes should be made.
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