HODs of hospitals or medical institutions will file FIR against any incidents of abuse or violence by patients or their attendants, said recent directive issued by the Principal Secretary of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of NCT of Delhi.

The same process should also be adopted by the private hospitals. The DMA also has requested the Delhi government to exempt individual prescription only clinics from bio medical waste registration and single window registration for most nursing home setups.
Addressing at the function Padma Shri Awardee, Dr KK Aggarwal, President, HCFI, said, that there are three types of doctors: those who expect patients to accept what they say without questions; those who give choices to patients; and those who take time and help the patients in taking a decision. This is the discord and the number one cause of miscommunication and disputes. While the types of patients have changed very rapidly
from ignorant to enlightened, doctors are still in the first phase, where they feel that they don’t need to spend time with the patient.”
The first principle required for a better doctor-patient relationship is to understand that I need to spend time with the patient, explain, reason out and review.
‘ALERT’ is a concept that every doctor and patient must remember.
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Listen to your patient.
Review the information given with the patient to make sure that they have been understood correctly.
Thank you: This is most important. Doctors must thank their patients for giving an opportunity to serve
Source-Eurekalert