No doctor would refuse treatment to brutally sexually assaulted child: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday warned two Ghaziabad private hospitals and a doctor that if they failed to voluntarily pay compensation to parents of a grievously injured sexually assaulted girl, who died due to refusal of treatment, it will impose costs that would have a chilling impact.When a doctor, accused of refusing admission to the child taken to a private hospital in the NCR city, pleaded that he was only a BAMS doctor and had no wherewithal to treat such a patient, a bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said no doctor worth his salt would refuse treatment to a minor seriously injured because of brutal sexual assault."What kind of doctor are you? If you cannot give medical assistance to a grievously injured child, do not prefix 'Dr' before your name. I