Soon, an ombudsman in Rajasthan for HIV+
LAW Government is also drafting guidelines to inquire into complaints
JAIPUR: will The formulate Rajasthan guidelines government and rules to redress complaints of HIV positive people besides appointing an ombudsman, an official said on Thursday.
Rajasthan is the first state that has started work for formulating guidelines and rules as per the provisions laid down in the
Human Immunodeficiency
Virus and Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017, said
Dr Pradeep Choudhary, joint director (information, education and communications) at the Rajasthan state AIDS control society.
The act brings in legal accountability formal mechanisms and establishes for inquiring into complaints and redressing grievances of people living with HIV and mandates states to appoint ombudsman for redressing complaints.
A meeting of representatives from different departments including health, woman and child development, police, transport, railways, social justice and empowerment, Rajasthan state legal services authority, NGOs and development partners was held on Wednesday on the issue Choudhary said.
Representatives gave their suggestions, including the role of the police, how to work on health issues, no breach of confidentiality, special privilege for HIV positive stigma woman among and others, children, he said. social “A 10-member committee has been formed with the additional project director of the state AIDS control society as the member secretary. “We will work on framing state-specific guidelines and rules and will send it to the Centre for its sanction by end of the financial year,” he said. The state government will draft the guidelines and rules for carrying out the provision of the act, including appointing ombudsmam, he said, adding that ombudsman will be empowered to record and inquire into complaints.
We will work on
framing statespecific
guidelines and will send it to the Centre for sanction by end of the financial year PRADEEP CHOUDHARY, joint director at AIDS control society