Patients Rights & Responsibilities

Patient Rights

  • To be informed and educated in a language that you can understand

  • To receive medical advice and treatment which fully meets the currently accepted standards of care & Quality

  • To be given a clear description of your medical condition, estimated cost of treatment and to involve you in decision about your care

  • To have your privacy & dignity and your religious and cultural beliefs respected

  • To have information regarding your medical condition kept confidential

  • To have information of your care providers

  • To have a safe and protected environment for you & your relatives

  • To make suggestions & voice complaints

  • To refuse treatment

  • To have access to your clinical records

  • To be protected from physical abuse and neglect

  • To obtain informed consent from you before any procedure/ surgery/ treatment/ anesthesia/ initiation of any research protocol/ blood & blood product transfusion

  • Right to seek an addition opinion regarding clinical care