No doctor would refuse treatment to brutally sexually assaulted child: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India has reprimanded two private hospitals and a doctor for refusing emergency medical treatment to a minor victim of a brutal sexual assault. The court warned the institutions to voluntarily compensate the victim's parents or face significant legal penalties for their alleged indifference and lack of professional sensitivity.
Why it matters
This case highlights critical gaps in emergency medical ethics and the legal accountability of private healthcare providers when dealing with victims of violent crimes.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday warned two Ghaziabad private hospitals and a doctor that if they failed to voluntarily pay compensation to parents of a grievously injured sexually assaulted girl, who died due to refusal of treatment, it will impose costs that would have a chilling impact.When a doctor, accused of refusing admission to the child taken to a private hospital in the NCR city, pleaded that he was only a BAMS doctor and had no wherewithal to treat such a patient, a bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said no doctor worth his salt would refuse treatment to a minor seriously injured because of brutal sexual assault."What kind of doctor are you?
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