Assam has become the first state in the country to enact a legislation seeking to ensure right to health for everyone in the state. It is mandatory for all government and private hospitals and health centres, including nursing homes, to provide free health care services to a patient seeking emergency treatment in Assam. With the passage of the Assam Public Health Bill, 2010 by the Assam Asembly on Wednesday, Assam has become the first state in the country to enact a legislation seeking to ensure right to health for everyone in the state. The hospitals would have to maintain appropriate protocol of treatment for an emergency patient for the first 24 hours as per provisions of the legislation. The Centre had assured the state government of providing required corpus funds for emergency treatment according to Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
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