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As the stir by private doctors over the Right to Health Bill continues in Rajasthan, Congress leader Sachin Pilot said the state government should listen to the protesting doctors..
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot should listen to protesting doctors as patients in the entire state are getting hassled due to protests over the Right to Health Bill, said Congress leader Sachin Pilot..
Medical services continued to remain affected in parts of Rajasthan after government doctors joined the strike with private doctors against the Bill...
Private doctors in Rajasthan have taken to the streets and have been demanding the withdrawal of the Right to Health (RTH) Bill passed in the state Assembly last Tuesday..
Private hospitals and doctors have been opposing certain provisions in the RTH bill, such as that patients in an emergency should get treatment without prior payment of necessary fees or charges..
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