Professor of Law and Chair Professor (HAL Defence Public Sector undertakings, Business Law), National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, INDIA.
Assistant Professor, Telemedicine Center, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, INDIA.
Indian J Med Ethics. 2022 Jul-Sep;VII(3):229-230. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2022.030. Epub 2022 Apr 25.
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has replaced the erstwhile Medical Council of India with the intention of bringing about positive reforms in medical education and enforcing ethical standards in the practice of medicine in India. The NMC Act of 2019, under clauses 3 and 4 of Section 30, details the procedure of grievance redressal. However, these clauses in their current form empower doctors and patients unequally. While the Act empowers an aggrieved medical professional to approach the relevant appellate fora under the NMC, it is silent on a similar opportunity for an aggrieved patient or caregiver to appeal against the decision of a State Medical Council. There is a need to amend these clauses to ensure equitable opportunity for aggrieved patients to appeal against decisions of the State Medical Councils to ensure justice.
国家医学委员会（NMC）取代了原有的印度医学理事会，旨在为印度的医学教育带来积极的改革，并在医学实践中执行伦理标准。2019 年的《国家医学委员会法案》第 30 条第 3 款和第 4 款详细规定了申诉补救程序。然而，这些条款目前的形式在赋予医生和患者权力方面并不平等。该法案授权受委屈的医疗专业人员在 NMC 相关上诉机构提出申诉，而对于受委屈的患者或护理人员对州医学委员会的决定提出申诉的类似机会则保持沉默。需要对这些条款进行修正，以确保受委屈的患者有平等的机会对州医学委员会的决定提出申诉，以确保司法公正。
