Choosing Alternative Treatment Options

Patients have the right to decide where they want to buy medicines from or where they want to get tests done from. 1. This ensures that no limit to a patient’s options while choosing pharmaceuticalRead more

The law regulates all costs that are levied on patients for services, tests and treatments rendered by medical establishments. 1 This prevents overcharging and ensures that medicines are accessible for the public. Transparency of RatesRead more

A pharmacist is a person who is trained to prepare, monitor and sell medicines. Under the law, a registered pharmacist1 is a person whose name is entered in the register of the State where heRead more

If patients or their caregivers have a grievance against a doctor or the hospital administration regarding the quality of treatment provided, they have a right to seek redressal for the same. Further, they can doRead more

All patients have a right to ‘continuity of care’. Service and quality of care given to a patient cannot change if a patient is: Referred to a different doctor Transferred to a different facility. ItRead more