Assam- Hospitals

Disclose psychiatric info under RTI Yes says CIC No says HC

Do psychiatry patients have the right to access records of their treatment While the Central Information Commission CIC directed a mental health hospital to provide this information to a patient the hospital has moved court citing confidentiality The Delhi High Court has given the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences IHBAS a stay ord... Read More

Concerns in UK over feeding tube diet

Dieticians have warned of the dangers of losing weight with a starvation diet available in Britain for the first time The British Dietetic Association BDA says there are huge risks to the diet in which people are given just 130 calories a day through a feeding tube that goes up their nose and down to their stomach The 10day regime forces the ... Read More