Major Healthcare Developments This Week - #8
1. Uttar Pradesh has set a record by generating one crore tokens through the Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) ID. Following UP, Andhra Pradesh stands second 60,33,104 tokens generated, while Karnataka hold third place with 42,57,144 tokens.
2. A new technology developed by the "Bioengineering in Reproductive Health" team at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is able to visualize the metabolism of embryos obtained through in vitro fertilization in order to decide which are most likely to implant correctly in the uterus and reaching full-term.
To read more, please click here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43032-022-01071-1 3. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has approved an initiative that will provide free renal and liver transplantation services up to Rs 3 lakh for eligible beneficiaries under the Mukhya Mantri Muft Ilaj Yojana (MMMIY)
To read more, please click here:https://thedoctorpreneuracademy.com/2024/07/09/government-launches-prahari-portal-to-combat-drug-abuse-among-children/ 6. The Medical Education and Research Department under the Government of Assam has issued a directive prohibiting government doctors, including medical college faculty, from practicing in private medical facilities during their assigned duty hours. This action follows the instructions of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Informed consent is the process in which a health care provider educates a patient about the risks, benefits, and alternatives of a given procedure or intervention. The patient must be competent to make a voluntary decision about whether to undergo the procedure or intervention.
Purpose of informed consent?
Informed consent has become the primary paradigm for protecting the legal rights of patients and guiding the ethical practice of medicine. It may be used for different purposes in different contexts: legal, ethical or administrative. Although these purposes overlap, they are not identical, thus leading to different standards and criteria for what constitutes “adequate” informed consent.
Important Guidelines laid by supreme court for valid consent
1. A doctor has to seek and secure the consent of the patient before commencing of the treatment.
2. The adequate information to be furnished by the doctor (or a member of his team) who treats the patient, should enable the patient to make a balanced judgment as to whether he should submit to the particular treatment or not
(a) the nature and procedure of the treatment and its purpose, benefits, and effect;
(b) alternatives, if any, available;
(c) an outline of the substantial risks;
(d) adverse consequences of refusing treatment
3. Consent given only for a diagnostic procedure, cannot be considered as consent for therapeutic treatment. Consent given for a specific treatment procedure will not be valid for conducting some other treatment procedure.
4. There can be a common consent for diagnostic and operative procedures where they are contemplated.There can also be a common consent for a particular surgical procedure and an additional or further procedure that may become necessary during the course of surgery.
The nature and extent of information to be furnished by the doctor to the patient to secure the consent need not be of the stringent and high degree mentioned in Canterbury but should be of the extent which is accepted as normal and proper by a body of medical men skilled and experienced in the particular field.
Stages in the Consent Process
Obtaining informed consent in medicine is process that should include:
(1) describing the proposed intervention,
(2) emphasizing the patient's role in decision-making,
(3) discussing alternatives to the proposed intervention,
(4) discussing the risks of the proposed intervention and
(5) eliciting the patient's preference (usually by signature).
Invalid Consent
The following situations will make the consent invalid:
1. If it was obtained by fraud, by misrepresentation as to the nature of the procedure or by undue influence or by threat of violence. 2. The consent was obtained when the patient was under sedation. 3. If there is failure in giving proper information and sufficient disclosure regarding the procedure. 4. If the consent is given by a minor since he is not legally competent to give it. 5. If the consent is given by a person of unsound mind or mentally handicapped. 6. If the procedure performed by a doctor is substantially different from the one for which consent was given or the procedure performed exceeds the scope of consent.
7. If the different physician than the one to whom consent was given, carries out the procedure.
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