New Delhi, Mar 14 (PTI) The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken up for consideration the healthcare sector’s long-standing demand to frame guidelines for determining medical negligence cases, a reply to an RTI query revealed.
Though there is no guideline at present, the matter is under consideration, the ministry said in response to an application filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act on behalf of PTI.
“So far, no guidelines have been framed. It is under consideration,” said Sunil Kumar Gupta, undersecretary in the ministry’s medical education policy section.
