In guidelines, it says all healthcare workers and ASHA workers should be paid their salaries on time
Nearly three months after forming a committee to assess the impact of COVID-19 on rights, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) this week issued an advisory that includes providing free treatment to all COVID-19 patients, including healthcare workers, and paying ASHA workers on time for their contribution in the combating the disease.
On Monday, NHRC secretary general Jaideep Govind wrote to the Health Ministry and all the States and Union Territories asking the authorities to implement the recommendations in the “Human Rights Advisory on Right to Health in context of COVID-19” and to submit action-taken reports to the NHRC.
“There are repeated instances of patients facing problems in getting admission to designated COVID-19 facility, overcharging, denial of treatment,…
