1. What are the health rights of a patient?
1. Right to preventive measures
2. Right of access to medical record
3. Right to information on diagnosis, treatment, medicines, instructions,
bills and right to know about what prison/hospital rules and
regulations apply to him as a patient and right to obtain relevant
information about the professionals involved in patient care
4. Right to consent for all the interventions
5. Right to free choice about the available treatment alternatives and to
seek second opinion, however second opinion should be taken only
with the consent of treating doctor
6. Right to privacy and con identiality
7. Right to healthy environment and timely medical service
8. Right to be treated with courtesy, consideration, respect for dignity
and patients' time
9. Right to the observance of quality standards
10.Right to safety
11.Right to refuse to participate in human experimentation and research
projects which has effect on care and treatment
12.Right to avoid unnecessary suffering and pain
13.Right to personalized treatment
14.Right to expect prompt treatment in an emergency
15.Right to complain, air grievance and to effective remedy
16.Right to be compensated for violation of human rights
17.Right to protection against being forced into sexual activities
18.Right against torture, cruel and degrading punishment
19.Right against arbitrary prison punishment
20.Right to be examined by the medical of icer soon after admission in
prison to determine any suffering/injury or to determine the class of
labour the prisoner is it for (in cases of award of rigorous
imprisonment)
21.Right not to be forcibly discharged from hospital without medical
of icer's certi ication
22.Right to be medically examined before being transferred to another jail
23.Right to be visited and medically examined atleast once in a day, if the
prisoner is in solitary con inement and once in every fortnight if the
prisoner is undergoing rigorous imprisonment.
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