HHRC: Denial of surgeries is rights violation

Chandigarh, May 27

The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of Tribune story on cancellation of 5,000 surgeries at PGIMS Rohtak, ‘Covid shadow on surgeries too, 5K cancelled at PGIMS’, published on May 26 and told ACS Health to submit a report on the surgeries and OPD services provided in lockdown.

The HHRC observed that more than 1.8 lakh major and minor surgeries are being carried out every year by the PGIMS Rohtak and if it is so, then equal number of major/minor surgeries might have been carried out every year at various civil hospitals in the state. “The Health Department should not cancel the surgeries under the shadow of Covid…Not performing surgeries…is a violation of human rights of the general public at large,” commented the HHRC in its order. — TNS