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Epidemic Diseases Ordinance, 2020

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  • Date August 25, 2020
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Why in news? The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 is promulgated to protect the healthcare workers. What is the Ordinance?
 This 2020 ordinance will amend the Epidemic Act, 1867.
 It will criminalise attacks on healthcare personnel, including doctors, nurses, paramedics and ASHA workers.
 It will make them a non-bailable offence.
 Ordinarily, the guilty can be sent to jail for 3 months to 5 years, with a fine of Rs 50,000 to Rs 2 lakh.
 If there is grievous injury, the guilty could be sent to jail for 6 months to 7 years and fined Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.
Why this ordinance was promulgated?
 There are several incidences of frontline workers being attacked or facing harassment across the country.
 [Frontline workers – Healthcare workers, civic workers, emergency responders, police personnel]
 India‘s shortage in healthcare manpower already places a heavy burden on the existing workforce.
 The pandemic has compounded this burden many times over.
 If India ends up seeing the infection spread and hospitalisation numbers projected for it, it will need every healthcare hand available.
 So, protecting these healthcare workers is a need of the time.
Is this Ordinance enough?
 The ordinance‘s provision for harsher punishment and its strict enforcement should serve as a deterrent.
 However, the government must look at a more permanent way to protect healthcare workers.
 It framed the Healthcare Service Personnel and Clinical Establishments Bill 2019 to deter attacks on, and harassment of hospital staff.
 However, this is yet to be enacted.
What could be done?
 Sensitizing the masses to support frontline workers is needed.
 If not, India‘s battle against the disease will truly be lost.
 The government must run awareness campaigns to address citizens‘ fears about exposure to the pathogen via healthcare workers.
 It must pass the 2019 Bill to protect healthcare workers in a more permanent way.

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