Patient Rights & Responsibilities
- Patient Rights
- Patient and family rights include respect for personal dignity and privacy during examination, procedures and treatment
- Patient and family rights include protection from neglect or abuse.
- Patient and family rights include treating patient information as confidential.
- Patient and family rights include refusal of treatment.
- Patient and family have a right to seek an additional opinion regarding clinical care.
- Patient and family rights include informed consent before transfusion of blood and blood components, anaesthesia, surgery, initiation of any research protocol and any other invasive / high risk procedures / treatment.
- Patient and family rights include right to complain and information on how to voice a complaint.
- Patient and family rights include information on the expected cost of the treatment.
- Patient and family rights include access to his / her clinical records.
- Patient and family rights include information on Care plan, progress and information on their health care needs.
- Patient Responsibilities
- To faithfully undergo the agreed therapy.
- To follow the doctors instructions diligently.
- To take necessary preventive measures in case of infectious diseases as per the doctors instructions.
- To be aware that doctors and nurses are also human beings and are amenable to mistakes and lapses.
- To make payment for the treatment, wherever applicable, to the doctors/hospital promptly.
- To respect the autonomy of doctors and nurses, to treat doctors and nurses with respect.
- To be punctual to attend clinic/ hospital for treatment at the given time.
- To preserve all the records of treatment.
- To keep the doctor informed if the patient wants to change the hospital/doctor.