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Healthcare in Karnataka: Is a Health Bill the Need of the Hour?

The Karnataka Janaarogya Chaluvali (Karnataka People’s Health Movement/Struggle) has written a strong critique of the draft Karnataka Right to Health and Emergency Medical Services Bill 2025, questioning its rationale and orientation; the critique points how this draft has been mostly borrowed from the Rajasthan Right to Health Act (2022). Besides, says KJC, while some activists in Karnataka have been clamoring for a replication of the Rajasthan Right to Health Act, this demand has been made without investing too much thought into whether this is what Karnataka requires

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Healthcare in Karnataka: Is a Health Bill the Need of the Hour?

The Karnataka Janaarogya Chaluvali (Karnataka People’s Health Movement/Struggle) has written a strong critique of the draft Karnataka Right to Health and Emergency Medical Services Bill 2025, questioning its rationale and orientation; the critique points how this draft has been mostly borrowed from the Rajasthan Right to Health Act (2022). Besides, says KJC, while some activists in Karnataka have been clamoring for a replication of the Rajasthan Right to Health Act, this demand has been made without investing too much thought into whether this is what Karnataka requires

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