The World Medical Association (WMA) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to stop the rising number of attacks on physicians and other health personnel in the country.
In the letter, president WMA Dr. Heidi Stensmyren noted that a woman physician in India committed suicide following the intervention of law enforcement officers and legal action after the death of one of her patients.
“It must be clear that any treatment outcome that is detrimental or fatal must first be properly and professionally examined before conclusions about civil and criminal liability can be made. Utmost attention must be given to an unbiased, scientific correct process in dealing with unwanted treatment outcomes,’’ said Dr. Stensmyren .
She added that she was shocked by the involvement of law enforcement officers and described this as ‘an apparently ambiguous legal situation’. WMA said that it supports the Indian Medical Association in their request to the Indian Government to enact unambiguous and effective lawful means to stop such attacks.
