Chandigarh, Aug. 31 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that legible medical prescription and diagnosis is an integral part of right to health and is thus a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

While issuing a slew of directions to the Centre, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh administration, the single-judge bench of justice JS Puri has said that it is very surprising and shocking that in this era of technology and accessibility of computers, the notes on the medical history and on the prescriptions by the doctors are still written by hand and can't be read by anybody except some doctors.

The court in 2024 had initiated suo motu proceedings while taking a prima facie view that the right to have knowl...