About
Health And The Law is a unique initiative in India, launched by Solicitor Gajanan Khergamker, to educate and empower patients, healthcare workers, medical professionals and healthcare entities and provide legal support by legal representation before health authorities, legislative entities and/or the executive; represent affected groups and individuals at relevant fora; hold workshops and legal talks to educate and empower; represent industry or healthcare entity before judicial and/or legislative authority and provide targetted intervention for niche causes.
Today, the patient is empowered. With the recent Consumer Protection Act 2018 reaching benefits of consumerism to limits stretched beyond its earlier avatar, goods and service providers have a lot to care for now. No longer is the health consumer going to be shortchanged. So, for patients i.e. consumer of goods and services of the health industry the law provides for a host of benefits and redressal mechanisms.
Affected stakeholders with queries can:
Affected stakeholders with queries can:
- Follow on Twitter and tweet queries
- Join Facebook Group to participate in discussion on pertinent issues
- Like Facebook Page for the latest on laws, judgments, talks, workshops
- Join WhatsApp Group to interact, pose queries and get invites for talks
- Sign up to attend Legal Talks
- Seek appointment for consultation with Solicitor Gajanan Khergamker
Queries maybe addressed on the social media platform itself, through a Legal Talk or in the Legal Column.
Legal Column: Solicitor Gajanan Khergamker has been writing on Medico-Legal issues and laws for over three decades in various publications across India. This includes The Times of India, Times Property, Mid-Day, Afternoon DC, etc. He generates legal commentaries, legal columns and analysis of latest judgments and rulings that are published across print and online fora. His regular Legal Column addresses the latest developments in laws, trends, concerns and queries posed by readers.
The latest Legal Column can be found here.
Legal Talks: Legal Talks are held regularly at The Chambers of Solicitor Gajanan Khergamker in Colaba, Mumbai to discuss pertinent issues. You could request a private group session on a specific subject or issue at your venue also.
Services Offered: For a detailed list of services offered, click here.
- Patients consulting public hospitals
- Patients consulting private hospitals and nursing homes
- Patients associations
- Private doctors, practitioners and paramedics
- Doctors and paramedics in public hospitals
- Dentists, physiotherapists, psychiatrists, reflexologist, etc.
- Homeopaths, ayurvedic practitioners, unani doctors
- Hospitals, nursing homes, clinics
- Hospitals and Medical associations
- Pathology labs, diagnostic centres, MRI and CT-Scan clinics
- Chemists, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies
- Lawyers representing the above
How does Health And The Law work?
- Registering formal complaints of the relevant party before the relevant industry association and fetching redress for the client and streamlining issues via media and by the law.
- Addressing relevant lacuna in the law pertaining to the pertinent industry.
- Addressing issues of Deficiency in Goods and Services in the health sector covered by the Consumer Protection Act 2018.
- Hosting regular talks, lectures, workshops for industry players with regard to the latest in law and precedent including discussions on latest judgement, its findings and how it affects others.
- Join Facebook Group to participate in discussion on pertinent issues
- Like Facebook Page for the latest on laws, judgments, talks, workshops
- Join WhatsApp Group to interact, pose queries and get invites for talks
- Sign up to attend Legal Talks
- Seek appointment for consultation with Solicitor Gajanan Khergamker
Queries maybe addressed on the social media platform itself, through a Legal Talk or in the Legal Column.
Legal Column: Solicitor Gajanan Khergamker has been writing on Medico-Legal issues and laws for over three decades in various publications across India. This includes The Times of India, Times Property, Mid-Day, Afternoon DC, etc. He generates legal commentaries, legal columns and analysis of latest judgments and rulings that are published across print and online fora. His regular Legal Column addresses the latest developments in laws, trends, concerns and queries posed by readers.
The latest Legal Column can be found here.
Who should benefit from Health And The Law?
Those who sell and avail goods and services from the following industries:
- Patients consulting private doctorsThose who sell and avail goods and services from the following industries:
- Patients consulting public hospitals
- Patients consulting private hospitals and nursing homes
- Patients associations
- Private doctors, practitioners and paramedics
- Doctors and paramedics in public hospitals
- Dentists, physiotherapists, psychiatrists, reflexologist, etc.
- Homeopaths, ayurvedic practitioners, unani doctors
- Hospitals, nursing homes, clinics
- Hospitals and Medical associations
- Pathology labs, diagnostic centres, MRI and CT-Scan clinics
- Chemists, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies
- Lawyers representing the above
How does Health And The Law work?
- Registering formal complaints of the relevant party before the relevant industry association and fetching redress for the client and streamlining issues via media and by the law.
- Addressing relevant lacuna in the law pertaining to the pertinent industry.
- Addressing issues of Deficiency in Goods and Services in the health sector covered by the Consumer Protection Act 2018.
- Hosting regular talks, lectures, workshops for industry players with regard to the latest in law and precedent including discussions on latest judgement, its findings and how it affects others.
