SC Asks Private Hospitals To provide Free Treatment To Acid Attack Victims

10 April, New Delhi

The Supreme Court Friday asked all private hospitals across the country to provide free treatment, including medicines and expensive reconstruction surgeries, to acid victims.

A social justice bench comprising justices Madan B Lokurand U U Lalit asked all state governments and Union Territories to take up the matter with the private hospitals to ensure that acid attack victims are attended to immediately and adequately.

The court also asked the Medical Council of India to take up the issue of free treatment with private hospitals.

On banning off-the-counter sale of acid across the country, it asked all states and Union Territories to notify acid as a scheduled substance to stop its unregulated sale.