India's doctors are demanding effective protection against escalating levels of violence against healthcare workers. There are Acts in several states aimed at the prevention of violence against healthcare workers and health establishments but conviction rates are very low. Following the recent rape and murder of a trainee doctor in a government hospital, the demand for a central law to protect healthcare workers has intensified. But would this be effective?
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