Daijiworld Media Network – Bangalore (RD)
Bangalore, Jan 16: Supreme Court (SC) in a verdict has said that all injured persons especially in the case of road traffic accidents, assaults, etc., when brought to a hospital / medical centre have to be offered first aid, stabilized and shifted to a higher centre / government centre, if required. It is only after this, that the hospital can demand payment or complete police formalities.
In case you are a by-stander and wish to help someone in an accident, please go ahead and do so. The responsibility of the person who takes the victim to the hospital ends once the injured is admitted in the hospital. The hospital bears the responsibility of informing the police; attend to first aid, etc. SC has awarded this judgment for Right to Emergency Care, with reference to a civil suit filed recently.