'Vandana Das Act': Shashi Tharoor's Bill For Protection Of Healthcare Workers

Shashi Tharoor announced that if the Bill is passed, he would like it to be called the Dr Vandana Das Act.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, on Friday, 4 August, announced that he has introduced a private bill in the Lok Sabha, called The Healthcare Personnel and Healthcare Institutions (Prohibition of Violence and Damage to Property) Bill, 2023.

Tharoor added that if the bill is passed, he would like it to be called the Dr Vandana Das Act — named after the young doctor who was murdered by a patient at a government hospital in Kerala's Kollam district, earlier this year.

Today I introduced The Healthcare Personnel and Healthcare Institutions (Prohibition of Violence and Damage to Property) Bill, 2023 in the LokSabha.

On May 10, 2023, Dr Vandana Das, a young doctor driven by a commitment to serve humanity, tragically lost her life at the hands… pic.twitter.com/IHQFG6Rucz

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 4, 2023