Volume : 4, Issue : 4, April - 2015

Right to Health and Medical Assistance as a Basic Human Right: An Analysis

Dr. . Manish Kumar Khunger

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;The idea of Human Rights for a liberal natural rights theorist is that we all have rights by virtue of our humanity.&nbsp;</p> <div>Individuals have certain kinds of rights as member of a particular community, but human rights belong to humanity&nbsp;</div> <div>and do not depend for their existence upon the legal moral practice of different communities and such philosophical&nbsp;</div> <div>grounds originated the concept of universality for the human rights.</div> <div>Right to life would be meaningless unless medical care is assured to sick person. It has, however, not been guaranteed specifically in the&nbsp;</div> <div>Constitution of India. Of late, right to health and medical care has been interpreted to be part of right to life under Article 21 of the Indian&nbsp;</div> <div>Constitution. State is under an obligation to safeguard and preserve the right to life of every Citizen. It is the duty of the Government hospitals to&nbsp;</div> <div>provide medical assistance to a person in need.&nbsp;</div> <div>In the present paper the researcher has analyzing the Right to health and medical assistance as a basic Human Right with the help of National&nbsp;</div> <div>and International perspectives.&nbsp;</div>