New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Saturday said that the ordinance passed to check violence against health workers has serious flaws and added that its provisions violate the principle of the common law.
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Former Indian Medical Association (IMA) president Dr KK Aggarwal and former secretary Dr Ravi Malik have welcomed the central government's decision to bring in an Ordinance to check violence against health workers, making it a cognisable and non-bailable
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 23 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh government will pay Rs 50 lakh as an ex-gratia to the family of officials working in state government (except health workers), if they contract the infection and die due to it.
Puducherry [India], April 23 (ANI): As a token of respect towards the health workers battling coronavirus pandemic, T Djeamourthy, Congress MLA from Ariyankuppam, fell at the feet of a doctor to express his gratitude.
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind has approved to promulgate The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 which provides stricter punishments for attacks against health workers even as the country battles the coronavirus outbreak.
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria on Wednesday welcomed the central government's decision to bring an ordinance to punish violence against healthcare workers but stressed that the law should not be misused.
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): After the Central government brought an ordinance to check violence against health workers, making it a cognizable and non-bailable offence, several doctors welcomed the move on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): After Union Home Minister Amit Shah's assurance to the doctors that their security will be taken care of, several doctors have lauded the efforts by the Central Government.
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The central government has brought an ordinance to end violence against health workers, making it a cognizable, non-bailable offence with imprisonment up to seven years for those found guilty.
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): The All India ESIC Nurses Federation has asked the government for necessary permission to nurses stuck at different places to utilise their services at the nearest healthcare centres amid coronavirus pandemic.
London [UK], April 20 (ANI): Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, on Monday sent out a special message for those working across the UK in the fight against COVID-19.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 18 (ANI): In yet another case of an attack on COVID-19 frontline fighters, three women ASHA workers were allegedly assaulted by a man in Vinoba Nagar area of Indore on Saturday while they were conducting a survey.