DOCTOR SHOULD LEGALLY FIGHT THREATENING OR INTIMIDATION OF PATIENT OR RELATIVE

DOCTOR SHOULD LEGALLY FIGHT  THREATENING OR INTIMIDATION OF PATIENT OR RELATIVE

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Now a days Doctors are usually soft target of Public revenge if some thing wrong or complication occurs during or after treatment of a patient,some times it is nothing wrong on part of Doctor or hospital but it is natural process of disease which lead to such outcome inspite of best care and treatment,in every care, cure or full recovery cant be guranteed.In some cases even if some facilities or care is not provided than many people threaten doctor or assault them.In private sector it is mostly Patient or relatives think that they have been charged very high and their bill or charges must be reduced during discharge of patient,if complications or death occurs many donot like to pay at all even they pay than threatens Doctors or hospital beside moving to lodge FIR in local police station and drag Doctor and Hospital in consumer,criminal or civil court complaining to MCI to cancer registration of doctors or close Hospital by complain to health administrations.

                 Many state and central government has passed a law that Hospital or clinic cant be damaged by roudy patient relatives in the name of some wrong doing allegation and cannot beat or manhandle treating doctor or resident doctors or staff of hospital if so Police should take strict action against offender but mostly Police avoid it leaving Doctors and hospital in lurge in name of public sympathy.

                   But if it is done than Doctors or Hospitals either individually or taking their associations should fight it and keep their view in local media and should protest loudly before administration even calling bandh or strike with emergency open or wear black batches for protest while working so that strict action against offenders taken who take la in their hand while expressing their legal or illegal grievances.As these acts will only stop increasing violance against doctors and hospital which is markedly increasing through out in India in cities to mediocre towns .

                    Beside this if Doctors are hospitals are threatened and intimidated for future action on doctor as physically or tear doctor or hospital reputation in media or society.Threatening any person i.e. criminal intimidation is a criminal offence under Section 503 of Indian Penal Code and the same is punishable under Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code. If any person threatens the doctor, then the doctor can lodge an FIR under Section 503/506 IPC against the said persons for committing the offence of criminal intimidation.The relevant provisions of Indian Penal Code are reproduced hereunder:

           “Section 503. Criminal intimidation. Whoever threatens another with any injury to his person, reputation or property, or to the person or reputation of any one in whom that person is interested, with intent to cause alarm to that person, or to cause that person to do any act which he is not legally bound to do, or to omit to do any act which that person is legally entitled to do, as the means of avoiding the execution of such threat, commits criminal intimidation.

        Section 506. Punishment for criminal intimidation. Whoever commits, the offence of criminal intimidation shall be punished with imprison¬ment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both; If threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, etc.—And if the threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, or to cause the destruction of any property by fire, or to cause an offence punishable with death or 1[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or to impute, unchastity to a woman, shall be punished with imprison¬ment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.”