On Wednesday, healthcare providers body NATHEALTH’s President, Dr Ashutosh Raghuvanshi in a statement spoke on the ongoing tussle between Rajasthan’s government and the state’s private doctors, he said, that the National health policy 2017 unveiled the intent that India would like to deliberate and enact a universal health policy with the universal right to health for its citizens.
After over 5 years, he said Rajasthan is the first state to legislate such a policy. There have been deep protests among private providers and clinicians cutting across public and private lines since this act was passed by Rajasthan legislature last week.