“MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE DURING COVID-19 ERA IN BANGLADESH: AN ANALYSIS OF LAW AND PRACTICE”
Author – Md. Mohsin Hasan Abir, Student at Department of Law and Human Rights, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
BEST CITATION – Md. Mohsin Hasan Abir, MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE DURING COVID-19 ERA IN BANGLADESH: AN ANALYSIS OF LAW AND PRACTICE, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 3 (1) OF 2023, PG. 840-855, ISSN – 2583-2344.
ABSTRACT
Medical negligence is a major human rights concern that has a strong impact on the right to life and the right to healthcare services. Many of the significant amounts of medical negligent cases proceed without legal remedy that leads to a rigid situation in which public faith in medical care providers is lost. The Constitution of Bangladesh ensures the right to life and recognizes the right to health care. Bangladesh is already a party to a number of international treaties through which the government is supposed to maintain and support the rights. During Covid-19 pandemic era, medical negligence has recently become a well-liked subject of concern and debate in many developed states, and many of them have already enacted and created different health care laws to improve health care laws. However, in Bangladesh there is no specific and comprehensive legislation to prevent medical negligence though many legal provisions are there under different statutes, which are not precisely codified. The quality of care in medical negligence has traditionally been important for external professional decision assessment. This article provides a review of medical negligence by the USA and the United Kingdom. In addition to that, this paper explained the available remedy or legal actions under the present laws. Under the supervision of the civil society, a responsible medical institutional framework supported by effective laws and regulations may create a fair and convenient health care system in Bangladesh.
Keyword: Medical Negligence, Medical Protection, Healthcare Law, Bangladesh, Covid-19 Pandemic.