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Home / Health News / Now acid attack victims can avail of free treatment and reconstructive surgery throughout their lives

Now acid attack victims can avail of free treatment and reconstructive surgery throughout their lives

By: Pavitra Sampath   | | Published: April 11, 2015 11:55 am
Tags: Reconstructive surgery  
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Now acid attack victims can avail of free treatment at any hospital. As per the supreme court s directives private hospitals across the country have to provide free treatment, including medicines and reconstructive surgery. Also Read - Plastic surgery: A surgeon helps bust 6 most common myths

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A bench headed out by Justice Madan B Lokur and UU Lalit, said that all state governments and Union Territories must take up the matter with private hospitals in their region and ensure that acid attack victims are attended to immediately. Also Read - Genital TB: Could it affect your fertility?

Apart from that the bench also asked the MCI (Medical Council Of India) to consider and lead the issue of free treatment in private hospitals. This move was made after a PIL filed in 2006 by an acid attack survivor Laxmi, who said that the hospital where an acid attack victim was taken to after the incident must provide a certificate stating the same, allowing her to avail of free treatment across the country including surgeries required at the later stages.

Apart from that, in a step to prevent further attacks the court has directed all states and Union territories to make acid a scheduled substance and stop its unregulated sale across the country. The court further directed that the order should be sent to all district magistrates who will have to ensure that they help increase awareness amongst people.

The bench also has fixed a three lakh minimum compensation for acid attack victims for which the Additional Solicitor General Maninder Singh said that adequate funds were set in place by most state governments.

So far apart from Andhra Pradesh and Telengana the highest acid attack rates were witnessed in Uttar Pradesh.

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Published : April 11, 2015 11:55 am
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