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Right to health care without regard to sex, culture, social status, education or religious background
Right to have considerate and respectful care
Right to know the physician who has primary responsibility for coordinating his care and also names and professional relationship of other caregiver(s)
Right to receive information about his /her illness, course of treatment and prospects of recovery in terms that he /she can understand
Right information about any proposed procedure he/she may need in order to give consent(except in emergency situation)
Right to participate actively in decision regarding his medical care to the extent permitted by law
Right to confidential treatment
Right to confidential treatment and handling of all communications and records pertaining to his care in the hospital and the requirement to give his/her consent before it is released anywhere and to anyone
Right to reasonable response o any request he may make for services
Right to be informed and advised of any proposed human experimentation affecting his care after his physician and the researcher have explained to the patient and the physician has been indemnified by the hospital and exempted from any misadventure
Right to refuse or accept to participate in such research projects
Right to know hospital rules and policy pertaining to him
Right to explanation on his /her financial or medical bill
Right to know the drug he /she is given
Right to have a choice of physician subject to conditions
Right to be informed of available mechanism to seek redresses e.g. Servicom available on GSM nos. 08055763942/08037301311

Patient’s Responsibilities

To register as patients
To respect and obey hospital rules and policies
To cooperate with hospital caregivers
To treat all hospital staff with respect and dignity
To faithfully undergo the agreed treatment
To follow the health worker’s instructions diligently
To take the necessary preventive measures in case of infectious disease as per doctor’s instructions
To be aware that health workers will endeavour to always act in their best interests however, being human being, are amenable to occasional mistakes and lapses
To be aware that ALL procedures and treatment modalities carry varying levels of risk for which health workers are not liable
To make payment for the treatment wherever applicable to the hospital promptly
To respect the competence of health workers to make professional decisions on patients care
To be punctual to attend the clinic/hospital for treatment at the given time
To preserve all the record of one’s illness
To disclose all necessary information about himself/herself including all the treatment he/she has received before
To inform the hospital of change of address, if different from the one in the folder
To keep the hospital management informed, if change of doctors/hospital is desirable/desired