The Health Minister, Dr Ruth Jane Aceng has said that a law on patients' rights and responsibilities is unnecessary as it will make the health workers not work freely. Dr Aceng said that there is no health worker who wants to face litigation all the time while working.
"The private member has been advised by us and Ministry of Finance that it is not necessary to table patient's rights bill. When you start creating patient's rights by law, you will make the health workers not work. No health work who is offering services selflessly would like to face litigation all the time. Creating patient's rights by law is detrimental to the health services," she said on Tuesday during the 6th National Healthcare Quality Improvement Conference in Kampala.
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