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Noble Doctors Scheme launched

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, AUG. 14. In a bid to reach out to the underprivileged, a group of doctors working in different hospitals have decided to cut down treatment charges by half.

About 40 doctors joined hands to formulate a Noble Doctors Scheme, which aims at making quality health care affordable for the common man.

Explaining the scheme, Hisamuddin Papa, Director of Huma Specialists Hospital and Research Centre, Nandanam, said as a first step, his hospital would provide treatment for patients at half the rates charged by other medical centres.

"We will also crusade against doctors being made responsible for consequences suffered by patients due to undiagnosable complications," he said. Such cases must be dealt individually rather than in a sweeping manner and penalising the doctors.

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