UDH PREPARES LIST OF HOSPS UNDER RIGHT TO HEALTH ACT

Jaipur: A list of hospitals related to land allotment has been prepared by the civic bodies. Now the Urban Development & Housing (UDH) Department and Medical and Health Department will brainstorm on the list prepared under the Right to Health Act. The Right to Health Act was passed in the recently concluded budget session of the State Assembly. The law has been implemented in the State. Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to implement such a law.

According to the agreement with the organisations of private hospitals and the Indian Medical Association, it has been decided as to which hospitals will come under the ambit of this law and which will not.

As per the agreement between the State Government and the Indian Medical Association and the organisations of private hospitals, the hospitals taking land at subsidised rate or free of cost will come under the purview of the Right to Health Act. The work of plot allotment is done on behalf of the body concerned whether it is development authority, trust or municipality, city council or municipal corporation.

In this context, the Urban Development Department had sought a list from the Housing Board and all the city improvement trusts and development authorities of the State.

In the list prepared by the Urban Development Department, there are names of hospitals which have been allotted land in different cities at the reserved rate, 25 to 50 per cent of the reserved rate, 5 per cent of the DLC rate, Re 1 token money and other concessional rates.