New Delhi, June 19: The Centre Govt asked state governments to register cases and invoke the stringent Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Act, 2020 against those who indulge in assault on doctors and healthcare professionals.
The said order came following several incidents of attack on doctors and healthcare professionals in different parts of the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
It added that any incident of threat or assault on doctors or healthcare professionals may dampen their morale and create a sense of insecurity amongst them. This may adversely affect the healthcare response system, so in the present circumstances, it has become imperative that strict action be taken against those who assault healthcare professionals.
The order further said that Institutional FIRs should be registered against assaulters and such cases should be fast-tracked with invoking provisions of the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Act, 2020, where applicable.
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