jaipur the state governments ambitious right to health rth bill which aims to ensure that private hospitals cannot deny or delay the treatment of a patient in an emergency for lack of fees was referred to a select committee for further consultations as the opposition alleged that it was rushed in without adequate consultations and preparations on friday the bill was tabled in the assembly on thursdayduring the debate in the assembly health minister parsadi lal meena said the bill is the first of its kind legal intervention that seeks to give citizens the right and entitlement to avail themselves of the best of health servicesemergency treatment under emergent circumstances shall be done without prepayment of requisite fees or charges reads the bill that if voted into law will save crucial time for emergency patients as they will not have to run from one hospital to another out of concern for the size of the feesthe bill also has a provision that gives patients the right to know the nature and cause of the illness the proposed investigations possible complications the cost involved and the expected results of the treatment the provision aims at helping patients and caretakers make informed decisionsaddressing the problem patients face in accessing the medical summary when they change the hospital or look for alternate medical advice the bill incorporates access to medical summary as a right giving patients the freedom to change their hospitaldoctor at any point of treatmentthe bill also mandates that governments have to make appropriate provisions in the state budget to develop a human resource policy to ensure the availability of doctors and nurses and align all health services for building necessary infrastructure a provision for additional and separate budget has been made which will strengthen medical services in tune with the provisions of the bill said a senior officerall disputes related to healthcare will be addressed by district health authorities headed by the respective district collector for effective implementation of the law the government will constitute a state health authority headed by an ias officer not below the rank of joint secretary experts have hailed the provision of the district health authority dha headed by the district collector and the ceo of the district as the cochairmanconsidering the dictum that any mechanism is not successful till it has a robust redressal system the bill also has a provision for a dedicated web portal or helpline centre to record the patients grievancesissuescomplaints there is a provision that the grievance must be redressed within 48 hours or else it will be escalated to dha says the bill