PIL in SC alleges ‘pointless’ hysterectomies on poor ladies in Bihar, Rajasthan, Chhatisgarh
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court sought the Centre’s response on Monday on a PIL alleging that docs in Bihar, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh have been performing “unnecessary hysterectomies,” a surgical process to take away the uterus, on poor ladies simply to reap excessive insurance coverage charges from governments underneath the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY).
A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud additionally sought the help of Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati to cope with the general public curiosity litigation (PIL) matter filed by Narendra Gupta, himself a medical practitioner.
The bench, additionally comprising Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala, granted 4 weeks’ time to the Centre for submitting its response to the PIL.
A hysterectomy is a surgical process to take away the uterus after which a lady can neither conceive nor can have menstrual durations no matter her age.
The PIL, primarily based on media reviews and researched info, alleged a “widespread pattern of doctors performing medically unnecessary hysterectomies to reap high insurance fees from the government” in states corresponding to Bihar, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
It sought compensation for the ladies victims and significant coverage adjustments to cope with the issue.
The ladies, aided by heavily-subsidised state-funded medical health insurance schemes, normally go to personal hospitals for medical take care of signs corresponding to “abdominal pain and general weakness” and docs resort to “unnecessary hysterectomy operations after cursory, or in some cases, no medical examinations”, the petition alleged.
“The present petition has been filed in the nature of public interest litigation…and arises from an influx of news stories and Right to Information (RTI) results in the states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan regarding unlawful hysterectomies and related insurance scams,” it stated.
The petition sought instructions to the state governments “to implement monitoring, inspection and accountability mechanisms for the private healthcare industry”, that are empanelled to serve the poor lined underneath the federal government’s Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY).
The RSBY has been launched by the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment to supply a medical health insurance protection to Below Poverty Line (BPL) households.
The goal of the scheme is to supply safety to BPL households from monetary liabilities arising out of well being shocks that contain hospitalisation.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court sought the Centre’s response on Monday on a PIL alleging that docs in Bihar, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh have been performing “unnecessary hysterectomies,” a surgical process to take away the uterus, on poor ladies simply to reap excessive insurance coverage charges from governments underneath the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY).
A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud additionally sought the help of Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati to cope with the general public curiosity litigation (PIL) matter filed by Narendra Gupta, himself a medical practitioner.
The bench, additionally comprising Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala, granted 4 weeks’ time to the Centre for submitting its response to the PIL.
A hysterectomy is a surgical process to take away the uterus after which a lady can neither conceive nor can have menstrual durations no matter her age.
The PIL, primarily based on media reviews and researched info, alleged a “widespread pattern of doctors performing medically unnecessary hysterectomies to reap high insurance fees from the government” in states corresponding to Bihar, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
It sought compensation for the ladies victims and significant coverage adjustments to cope with the issue.
The ladies, aided by heavily-subsidised state-funded medical health insurance schemes, normally go to personal hospitals for medical take care of signs corresponding to “abdominal pain and general weakness” and docs resort to “unnecessary hysterectomy operations after cursory, or in some cases, no medical examinations”, the petition alleged.
“The present petition has been filed in the nature of public interest litigation…and arises from an influx of news stories and Right to Information (RTI) results in the states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan regarding unlawful hysterectomies and related insurance scams,” it stated.
The petition sought instructions to the state governments “to implement monitoring, inspection and accountability mechanisms for the private healthcare industry”, that are empanelled to serve the poor lined underneath the federal government’s Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY).
The RSBY has been launched by the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment to supply a medical health insurance protection to Below Poverty Line (BPL) households.
The goal of the scheme is to supply safety to BPL households from monetary liabilities arising out of well being shocks that contain hospitalisation.
