Quality of Care

Human Rights Law Network is striving to not only guarantee access to healthcare, but to assure that said healthcare is of a high quality, and is dignified for the patient. 

All too often, we are collecting numerous reports of patients dying unnecessarily due to a lack of ambulances, hospitals operating under appalling conditions with no electricity and water, and healthcare staff acting disrespectfully and abusively towards patients. Many women reported neglecting to attend a hospital at all because they were so frightened of reports that they had heard regarding how staff members treat patients.

Many fact-findings conducted by HRLN where a mother or infant has died has concluded that the reason for the death can be contributed to negligence and malpractice by the doctor and other healthcare staff. Patients are being verbally harassed, insulted, physically beaten, made to share beds with multiple people, and sometimes imprisoned in healthcare centres when they cannot afford fees. This is a clear violation of the rights to life, freedom from discrimination, the right to health, and freedom from torture. 

HRLN is constantly conducting fact-finding missions and subsequently filing public interest litigation petitions based on findings when a poor standard of care is resulting in morbidity and mortality. It is absolutely vital that everybody receives affordable, accessible, sanitary and high quality healthcare, with no fear of disrepsect or abuse.

Quality of Care

Verification of free Sanitary Napkins in Government Schools of Delhi

Access to Contraceptives, Adolescents' Sexual Health and Rights, Delhi, Impact, Issues, Quality of Care, Research and Fact Finding

  13.08.2019 The fact-finding was conducting across 7 schools in north Delhi on 8th August 2019. In this series, we have divided the work area. The team visited schools in North Delhi. It was observed that some government schools rejected taking part in ....
Read More.

Mistreatment and Coercion: Unethical Sterilization in India

Access to Contraceptives, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Images, Impact, Issues, Landmark, Litigation, Madhya Pradesh, Maternal Health, News, Publication, Publication, Quality of Care, Rajasthan, Report, Research and Fact Finding, Sterilisation, WORK

  07.08.2019 – In September 2016, the Supreme Court of India directed the Union Government to ensure the discontinuation of ‘sterilization camps’ within the following three years and to induce the state governments to follow suit. It also charged the government to ....
Read More.

Yazali CHC Fact Finding Report Arunachal Pradesh

Access to Contraceptives, Arunachal Pradesh, Case, Images, Issues, Litigation, Maternal Health, News, Quality of Care, Report, Research and Fact Finding, Safe Abortion, States, Update, WORK

  01.06.2019: In light of the statistical data about both Arunachal Pradesh and Lower Subansiri, which have been presented in the introduction, this fact-finding report seeks to investigate the fulfilment of the right to health, in the form of the ....
Read More.

Fact Finding Report on UPHC CHimpu – Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh, Case, Education, Images, Issues, Litigation, Maternal Health, Publication, Publication, Quality of Care, Report, Research and Fact Finding, Update

  01.07.2019: In light of the statistical data about both Arunachal Pradesh and Papum Pare, which has been presented in the introduction, this fact-finding report seeks to investigate the fulfilment of the right to health, in the form of the Indian Public ....
Read More.

Fact Finding Report – Infant Deaths due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome

Articles, Assam, Bihar, Case, Education, Images, Issues, Landmark, Litigation, News, Publication, Quality of Care, Report, Research and Fact Finding, States, Update, WORK

    01.07.2019: A team of social activists and lawyers from Human Rights Law Network, Patna visited Muzaffarpur on a fact-finding mission relating to the deaths of children due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome. The team visited villages including Ali Neura, Mustafapur, Kanti Block’s ....
Read More.