Doctors in India might finally get the protection they’ve been demanding for years. MP Fauzia Khan just introduced the Central Protection of Healthcare Workers and Medical Establishments from Violence Bill, 2025, in the Rajya Sabha. It’s about time. Doctors, nurses, and hospital staff face threats and attacks way too often, and the patchwork of state laws hasn’t really helped.
Here’s the problem
Violence against healthcare workers keeps happening, and state rules aren’t strong enough to stop it. Medical associations have been pushing hard for a national law that actually works, instead of relying on local fixes that leave people exposed.
What does this bill change?
For one, it treats attacks on healthcare workers as a much bigger deal, with tougher punishments. The bill isn’t just for doctors—it covers nurses, paramedics, support staff, even ambulance crews. Hospitals and clinics would get better security, and cases involving violence against medical workers would move through the system faster.
Doctors and a lot of lawmakers are cheering this on. They see this bill as this should’ve happened a long time ago, and a real way to make hospitals safe, for both the people who work there and the patients who rely on them.
Since it’s a bill for private member’s only, we still need a long way to get it for everyone. It’ll need to survive debates and reviews in parliament. But if it passes, India finally gets a real national law to protect healthcare workers. And honestly, they deserve nothing less.