Every citizen deserves compassionate healthcare, clear medical information, and complete transparency. Patients Rights Concern Nepal (PCRN) is an independent non-governmental organization championing informed consent, fair medical treatment, and institutional accountability throughout Nepal’s health system.
Right to Dignity & Care
Public Health Service Act 2075
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Whether you are a law student, medical practitioner, nurse, or community organizer, your skills can help counsel patients and deliver rights education.
PCRN does not charge patients a single rupee. Community contributions directly fund patient rights publications, legal help camps, and community workshops.
While the Constitution of Nepal recognizes health as a fundamental human right, patients and families across both public and private hospitals frequently encounter severe barriers to dignity, transparency, and justice.
Consent forms are frequently printed in English or legalistic jargon, signed under extreme distress moments before surgery without verbal counseling or alternative explanations.
Despite constitutional guarantees under Article 35, critically ill trauma or obstetric patients are regularly denied emergency admission until cash deposits are produced.
Lump-sum hospital bills, medicine markups exceeding official MRPs, and unlawful detention of impoverished patients or deceased bodies remain distressing occurrences.
Most hospitals lack functioning patient grievance desks. When tragic outcomes occur, the lack of transparent dialogue frequently leads to destructive physical clashes.
“Every citizen shall have the right to free basic health services from the State, and no one shall be deprived of emergency health services.”
Public Health Service Act 2075 enforces mandatory emergency care across both private and government healthcare institutions.
You are not merely a customer or a passive recipient of care—you are a rights-bearing citizen. Learn what you and your family are legally entitled to during hospital visits.
Clear, jargon-free explanations of your diagnosis, proposed treatment alternatives, expected recovery timeline, and transparent advance cost estimates (Public Health Service Act Sec. 11).
No surgery, invasive test, or clinical trial can be performed on you without voluntary consent under Section 11 of the Public Health Service Act 2075. You hold the unconditional right to seek a second medical opinion.
Right to receive an itemized receipt before paying. Under Health Institution Operation Standards 2077, private hospitals must reserve 10% of beds for free care of indigent citizens.
As a newly founded advocacy NGO, PCRN structures its work across three forward-looking commitments designed to achieve lasting institutional change.
Engaging lawmakers, the Nepal Medical Council, and Ministry of Health to formulate binding Patient Charters and streamline administrative dispute resolution.
Learn moreProducing multilingual pamphlets, conducting hospital patient awareness camps, and educating youth so every family enters health clinics with confidence.
Learn moreTracking whether public and private facilities actively maintain functional grievance desks, display price lists, and honor the 10% indigent bed quota.
Learn morePCRN has received official registration with the District Administration Office Kathmandu (Reg. No. 1284/081/082) and affiliation with the Social Welfare Council to champion patient rights nationwide.
PCRN reminds families that under Health Institution Operation Standards 2077 (2020) and Public Health Service Act 2075, private hospitals must provide 10% of beds and core services free for indigent citizens.
Our legal advocacy wing has compiled key legal provisions from the Public Health Service Act 2075 into a concise 1-page reference guide for patients and hospital visitors.
Whether by reporting a hospital grievance, volunteering your legal or medical expertise, or becoming a founding member, your voice helps create a healthcare system governed by dignity and law.
