The State government will bring an Ordinance amending the Kerala Healthcare Service Persons and Healthcare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act, 2012 by including more stringent provisions so that the law is a deterrent to violence against doctors and hospitals, Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan has said.
The Ordinance will be brought out at the next meeting of the State Cabinet, an official note issued by the Chief Minister’s Office here on Thursday said.
The decision was taken at an high-level emergency meeting called by Mr. Vijayan on Thursday evening as doctors across the State continued their strike for the second day in protest against the killing of a young house surgeon while on duty.
