Panel to frame safety measures for healthcare workers

The Union Ministry of Health on Saturday announced that a committee would be formed to suggest measures for ensuring the safety of healthcare professionals.

- Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar & Aritra Singha

The ministry said in a statement that representatives of Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA), InMedical Association dian (IMA) and Resident Doctors' Associations of Governmental Medical Colleges & Hospitals of Delhi met Health Minister J.P. Nadda in the aftermath of the incident against a resident doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata.

It said the associations have placed their demands regarding their concern over the safety and security of healthcare workers at the workplace.

The ministry said the representatives of the medical fraternity were assured of "all possible efforts" to ensure the security of healthcare professionals.