Abstract:
Bangladesh is a densely populated country. Ensuring health care to every citizen is a challenging issue here. The people of Bangladesh face problems at various stages of health care. Citizens are facing difficulties in accessing emergency medical services in police cases. Public and private hospitals in Bangladesh have emergency departments. Non-government or private hospitals do not provide emergency service in police cases. The procedure under section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 is FIR, first information report which is also called police case. Victims who are involved in police cases often face difficulties in receiving emergency services from nongovernment hospitals or clinics. They face obstacles in getting services from the nearest hospitals or clinics. Emergency health services should be ensured in emergency departments of nongovernment hospitals in police cases. If it is not done, constitutional and human rights are violated. This paper will review the emergency health care practices in non-government hospitals or clinics in accordance with constitutional aspects.
Description:
This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Law in East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
