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INDIA - HEALTHCARE
- Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 |
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Date-wise Events |
- March 27, 2017: Lok Sabha
of the Indian Parliament approved the Mental Healthcare
Bill, 2016 on this day. The bill seeks to provide for mental
healthcare and services for persons with mental illness and
to protect, promote and fullfil the rights of such persons
during delivery of healthcare services.
- The bill also states that a person who attempts
suicide shall be presumed to be suffering from mental
illness at that time and will not be punished under the
Indian Penal Code.
- A person with mental illness will have the right to
confidentiality in respect of his mental health, mental
healthcare, treatment and physical healthcare.
- Under the bill, a child under the age of three
years, will not be separated from his or her mother, if
the mother is receiving care, treatment or
rehabilitation at a mental health establishment.
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