The Hindu: Chennai: Wednesday, April 25, 2018.
Health
authorities directed to reply within 15 days.
The Tamil
Nadu State Information Commission has directed the Department of Health and
Family Welfare to clarify whether epilepsy is curable and explain the
possibility of its recurrence after prolonged treatment.
Disposing of
a petition filed by A. Jahangir Basha of Batlagundu in Dindigul district, who
sought to know whether epilepsy was still treatable after five years of
continuous treatment and the possibility of such a patient being able to drive
a heavy passenger vehicle, the commission asked the authorities to provide the
information within 15 days.
In July 2017,
the petitioner wrote to the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services,
seeking the information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Since there
was no reply despite the petition having been circulated to the Directorate of
Medical Education and the Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai, he filed an
appeal with the Additional Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, Chennai.
Having not
received any reply from any of the authorities, Mr. Jahangir moved the
commission. State Information Commissioner S. Selvaraj ordered the authorities
of the Health & Family Welfare department to send a reply to the petitioner
by registered post and report compliance with the directive by sending a copy
of the petitioner’s acknowledgement of receipt of their reply.
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