Health Law

Unit 1 — Introductory

1.1 The right to health as emergent from parts III and IV of the Constitution of India · 1.2 National Health Policy

• health in the Indian Constitution

Unit 2 — Organization of public health care in India – I

2.1 Legal Organization of public hospitals · 2.2 Medico-legal cases and duties of hospitals · 2.3 Liability for medical negligence in public hospitals · 2.4 Mental health care public hospitals: duties and liabilities · 2.5 Rural health care

• Health care Delivery System in India
• Primary Health Centre's, Dispensaries, District level Hospitals, Hospitals

Unit 3 — Organization of public health care – II

3.1 Legal aspects of private medical practice · 3.2 Medical negligence

• Negligence in Medical Practice, Contributory Negligence and Different Remedies
• Errors in Medical Practice, Medical Accidents

Unit 4 — Cost and Insurance

4.1 Types of Health Insurance in India · 4.2 Employee‟s Health Insurance Corporation

• Medical Insurance
• Employees State Insurance Corporation

Unit 5 — Cost of HealthCare and Weaker Sections of Society

5.1 Health of marginalized Groups Referred Cases 1. CESC Ltd. v. Subhash Ch. Bose AIR 1992 SC 573 2. K.P. Singh v. Union of India (2001) 10 SCC 167 3. State of Tripura v. Amrita Bala Sen 2005 1 GLR 7 4. Ram Datt Sharma v. State of Rajasthan AIR 2005 RAJ 317 5. Directorate of Enforcement v. Ashok Kumar Jain (1998) 2 SCC 105 6. Marri Yadamma v. State of Andhra Pradesh AIR 2002 AP 164