In view of reported incidents of harassment of Doctors and Medical Staff, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed all States/UTs and respective Police authorities to provide necessary Police Security to them in hospitals and at places where patients who have been diagnosed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) positive or where suspected cases are quarantined.

It has also been communicated to provide necessary police security to doctors and medical staff who visit places to conduct screening of people to find out symptoms of the disease.

This comes after the Indian Medical Association demanded the Centre to bring a legislation to strictly deal with such issues. The IMA also dashed off a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, expressing concern over incidents of healthcare workers being harassed, humiliated and assaulted.

There has been a spate of attack and abuse on frontline health workers ever since India imposed the lockdown to contain the spread of the COVID-19.

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