PHM-Exch> Fwd: FW: [COPASAH] 21st Issue oCOPASAH Communique- Patients Rights, Private Medical Sector and Accountability

Fri Jun 1 03:46:16 PDT 2018

Dear Friends,

Greetings!

COPASAH Communication hub brings to you the 21st issue of the Communique,
focusing on Patients Rights, Private Medical Sector and Accountability. The
thematic hub of COPASAH on Patients Rights and Private Medical Sector
Accountability is anchored by SATHI, Pune, India and  is the key
contributor to this Communique. The articles in the Communique lay out the
terrain of the Private Medical Sector in countries of Nepal, India,
Bangladesh, Pakistan  and Srilanka of South Asia and also highlight the
situation of patient's rights within this terrain and the weak regulation
of the burgeoning private medical sector, apart from cases of violation of
patients rights.

We hope you enjoy reading the issue of the Communique and please do revert
with your feedback, comments and thoughts with us on the issue on
copasahnet at gmail.com

And kindly do share the Communique with your partners associates and
networks.

Regards,

Premdas

COPASAH Global Secretariat @CHSJ, Delhi

*Patient Rights Accountability and the Need for Transparent Institutional
Mechanisms *

*E. PREMDAS PINTO*

The promotion of the paradigm of health care as a 'private good' and the
State's indiscriminate endorsement of private health care sector for the
business of health care, has grossly undermined patient rights.  Investing
in Health, the World Bank Report (1993), is a watershed  in this paradigm,
as it legitimised the departure from considering health care as a public
good...
READ MORE
<https://www.copasah.net/uploads/1/2/6/4/12642634/communique_editorial.pdf>

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*The Terrain of Private Medical Sector in South Asia*

*Support for Training and Advocacy to Health Initiatives (SATHI)*
*Pune, Maharashtra, India*

South Asia is the most densely populated geographical region in the world
and one fourth population of the world is living here. The healthcare
situation in this sub-continent is abysmal, with a notable exception of Sri
Lanka. Most of the South Asian countries score low on Universal Health
Care. Like other Low-Middle Income Countries (LMICs), health care in South
Asia is a Mixed Health System, where publicly-financed government health
delivery coexists with privately-financed market delivery...READ MORE
<https://www.copasah.net/uploads/1/2/6/4/12642634/story_1.pdf>

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*Country Wise Glimpses of Current Regulatory Frameworks for Private
Clinical Establishments*

*Support for Training and Advocacy to Health Initiatives (SATHI)*
*Pune, Maharashtra, India*
Health is a state subject in India thus the state governments have a
prerogative to make legislations to regulate private hospitals. However,
the Clinical Establishments Act (CEA), 2010 was enacted by the Government
of India for registering and regulating all types of public and private
clinical establishments in the country, including single-doctor clinics.
This is a kind of model act and has been adopted by 14 state governments
and Union Territories... *READ MORE*
<https://www.copasah.net/uploads/1/2/6/4/12642634/story_2.pdf>

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*Regulation of Private Healthcare Sector in South Asian Countries*

*Support for Training and Advocacy to Health Initiatives (SATHI)*
*Pune, Maharashtra, India*
Different studies and accounts highlight that the private health sector in
key South Asian countries has expanded within the vacuum of shrinking
public health system. Low investment by governments of these countries in
public health system coupled with privatization oriented policies, growing
number of public-private-partnerships in healthcare sector and transfer of
big proportion of funds towards private sector through publicly financed
healthcare schemes in these countries has fuelled growth of the private
healthcare sector. This has led to massive commercialization of healthcare
in this sub-continent... READ MORE
<https://www.copasah.net/uploads/1/2/6/4/12642634/story_3.pdf>

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*South-Asia Learning Exchange Workshop on Patient's Rights and Private
Medical Sector Accountability*

*Support for Training and Advocacy to Health Initiatives (SATHI)*
*Pune, Maharashtra, India*

Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly put forward as a remedy
for lack of health system capacity, including addressing challenges
associated with low health service coverage and with low community
engagement in the health system.... *READ MORE*
<https://www.copasah.net/uploads/1/2/6/4/12642634/story_4.pdf>

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*Two Case Stories Highlighting Violations of Patient's Rights by Private
Medical Sector *

*Advocate Birendra Sangwan-Activist and Petitioner for Cardiac Stent Price
Capping, India *

Delhi based advocate and activist, Birendra Sangwan shared his experiences
of series of petitions in the high court of Delhi on cardiac stent price
capping, India..... *READ MORE*
<https://www.copasah.net/uploads/1/2/6/4/12642634/story_5.pdf>

*Jayant Singh, Campaigner against Fortis Hospital, Gurugram, Haryana, India*
*Jayant Singh, father of seven year old girl, Adya Singh, who was admitted
in Fortis Hospital a corporate hospital in Gurgaon, Haryana, for treatment
of Dengue narrated the tragic incident of death of his daughter due to
medical negligence and profiteering. **READ MORE*
<https://www.copasah.net/uploads/1/2/6/4/12642634/story_5.pdf>

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*COPASAH Social Accountability Dialogue -V*

In many low and middle income countries especially in South Asia and
Africa, the private healthcare sector is playing a major role in providing
healthcare. With advancement in medical technology and
with commercialization of healthcare, the healthcare landscape is
rapidly changing in low and middle income countries. READ MORE
<https://www.copasah.net/uploads/1/2/6/4/12642634/story_6.pdf>

https://www.copasah.net/uploads/1/2/6/4/12642634/copasah_communique_21.pdf

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