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People injured during Delhi riots were denied appropriate care, says report

BMJ 2020; 368 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m922 (Published 05 March 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;368:m922

Police and healthcare staff in government hospitals obstructed, delayed, or provided inadequate treatment to many people injured the communal riots in Delhi last week, physicians’ and health rights groups have said.

The Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA), the Indian arm of the People’s Health Movement, said its volunteers have met many people who were denied care or received poor quality care at two government hospitals where most of those injured were taken.

The riots in north east Delhi on 25 and 26 February have left 48 people dead and around 200 injured. They started as protests against an amendment to citizenship laws which offers non-Muslim minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan expedited citizenship and …

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