1993-2018 ,u ,p vkj lh % iPphl o’kZ&vla[; vk’kk,a Nhrc : Twenty Five Years-billion Hopes 8. Physicians fail to comprehensively explain to patients the facts related to their condition. 9. Physicians fail to provide patients with information about treatment options and the potential risks and bene its of each procedure. 10.Patients are denied access to their medical iles. 11.Information services are unavailable for people who speak certain languages or who are deaf. 12.Ambulances fail to arrive at certain communities in a timely manner. 13.Patients are unable to obtain low-cost medications due to bureaucratic hurdles and an overly restrictive patent regimen. As a result, their life is in danger. 14.Health services do not include preventive screening for many types of cancer. As a result, patients learn they have cancer when it is already too late for effective treatment. 15.Hospitals do not take adequate measures to prevent hospital-borne infections, oversee health risks following transfusions and ensure that their tests and treatment remain of high quality. 16.Hospitals fail to meet the needs of patients who require religious or psychological support, or do not provide treatment appropriate for the terminally ill. 17.Hospitals fail to provide care suited to the needs of small children. 18.Long, unjusti ied delays in the provision of health services regularly lead to a worsening in patient’s health. 19.A State lacks adequate compensation procedures for patients harmed by health care providers. 20.Victims of State torture are denied requisite medical care. 21.Prisoners lack basic health services and are forced to subsist on very little food and with inadequate clothes and no heat during the winter. 22.Mentally ill prisoners are punished for symptoms of their illness, including self-mutilation and attempted suicide. 23.National laws restricting opioid availability and access cause cancer and AIDS patients to suffer unnecessary pain. 24.A country fails to adopt a national health plan or to make it publicly available to its citizens. 25.Citizens lack an opportunity to comment on and participate in the setting of public health priorities. 26.The government will not accept or respond to information and FORENSIC INVESTIGATION | 5