#RejectHealthDataPolicy Indians get just one week to review crucial health data policy. Centre’s rush is undemocratic. The policy covers collection and storage of data on an individual’s medical history, finances, genetics, sex life, caste, religion and political beliefs.

#RejectHealthDataPolicy Centre introduced draft that aims to make sweeping changes to country’s health ecosystem. Health Data Policy of National Digital Health Mission was released to public for feedback. Time given to comment on complex data storing infrastructure is one week.

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One week time is ridiculous. Usually, the time given to seek responses from the public is one month to three months in any health related policies. Why does the centre forcing all important policies to be decided when people are panicking about corona

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Digital health mission has already raised ethical concerns, scepticism that collecting more data is not answer to India’s health problems & suspicion that such a system is tailored for corporate interests rather than providing affordable healthcare.

#RejectHealthDataPolicy Pandemic showed that the lack of public services needs to be addressed urgently. But the immediate problem is the extraordinary haste in which the policy is being pushed through. Creates digital health ID for citizens, Potentially to be linked to Aadhaar

#RejectHealthDataPolicy Data is to be stored at 3 levels- Central, state or Union Territory & health facility. Claims ownership of personal data lies with individual. Anonymised data in aggregated form may be made available 4 research, statistical analysis & policy formulation

#RejectHealthDataPolicy A week time doesn't allow 4 scrutiny of fundamental questions. Who asked health ID? We already have Aadhaar. Why is there mission 4 this? Why is it located outside Health ministry? Real game is about how they are providing a digital framework 4 corp entry

#RejectHealthDataPolicy Dangerous 2 introduce such policy when India had no comprehensive privacy/data protection law in place. Legislation & policy that deepen citizenship rights take years 2 materialise but proposal that arguably undermines those very rights is pushed in days

#RejectHealthDataPolicy Centre appears warmed to the idea of pushing through significant policy decisions while normal life remained suspended by pandemic. Recently, it closed public consultations for EIA, which has been criticised for ignoring vital environmental protections

#RejectHealthDataPolicy EIA consultation is riddled with controversy, rushed thru during pandemic & govt failed to translate policy in regional languages, which would have meant wider participation. Even with these constraints, Centre received 1.7 million responses from public

#RejectHealthDataPolicy The evolving policy model on consultations seems to be this: if the government does not like what the public has to say it will simply not hear them. This proposal doesn't sound like draft to me, instead it suits as daft ( means silly, foolish)

#RejectHealthDataPolicy Centre's dispensation has taken for granted that what they promulgate as policy would be benignly accepted by all. However, it has still to face some intrepid dissenters who would not accept any digressions to their rights as guaranteed by the Constitution

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Draft has been released on NHDM website and available for comments till Sep 3. Only a few days to ponder about own health, after delaying this simple common sense measure for decades. If the draft is filled with goodness, why govt is not publicizing it

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I believe the individuals health data should be maintained by self, rather than in the hands of corporates. We should all sign petition to encourage NHDM to allow citizens health data to be controlled by own @AdityaDubey2003 @Gokulleopz pls sign petition