Last Update:  March 04, 2008  

Events in 2004

 

Events

 

NHRC - JSA Eastern Region Public Hearing

Date: 11 October 2004
Venue: Training Institute, Mayor Road, Ranchi 

The Eastern Region Public Hearing on the Right to Health Care was held at Ranchi on 11 October 2004 at Administrative Training Institute, Mayor Road, Ranchi and was hosted by Jharkhand Jan Swasthya Abhiyan. Cases of denial of health care from Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh were presented in this public hearing.

 

During the long-day public hearing, selected cases and instances were presented before the panel by individuals and groups who have suffered denial of right to health care. Justice Y.Bhaskar Rao, member NHRC, Mr PSS Thomas, Secretary General NHRC, and Mr Y.S.R Murthy, Deputy secretary of NHRC, represented National Human Rights Commission. Jan Swasthya Abhiyan representatives were Dr. T.Sundararaman, Mr Amitava Guha, and office bearers and activists from JSA state groups. Top officials from respective state governments also attended and responded to the presentations

 

Inauguration and concluding session were held as plenary where as actual public hearing was held in two parallel sessions. In the first parallel session, the testimonies and presentations from Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand states were presented to the panel comprising Justice Bhaskar Rao and Dr T Sundararaman. Another parallel session held with Dr PSS Thomas and Mr Amitava Guha as panellists, to hear the cases from West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. Dr YSR Murthy also attended this session. Presentations on status of health care with respect to various social segments also were presented to the panel, during the inaugural and valedictory sessions.

The NHRC has proposed to take up certain serious instances of denial of health care and redress them under the procedure laid down in the protection of Human Right Act, 1993 for complaints of Human Rights Violation. Based on these hearings, the NHRC has also proposed to send detailed recommendations to Union and State Governments on systemic issues related to denial of health care.