Law which provides plastic surgery abused woman goes to presidential approval

Women victims of violence can do, at no cost, plastic surgery to repair damage caused by sequels or aggression. It is expected that the bill that was approved today (8) Human Rights Commission in the Senate. As approved on an over, heading to presidential approval.

According to the Agency the Senate, the surgeries will be the responsibility of the Unified Health System (SUS) in public hospitals or agreement. The moment you receive women victims of violence, hospitals and public health should inform them about the possibility of free access to reconstructive plastic surgery. This will need to present the police record of assault.

The head of hospital or health post that does not observe the rule may receive a fine of ten times the amount of your monthly salary, losing the civil service and be prohibited from receiving tax incentives for four years.

According to Senator Lidice Forest (PSB-BA), rapporteur of the project, the right to compensation for consequences resulting from aggression is guaranteed by the Organic Law of Health, but needed specific law because, in general, is often ignored by public managers . Many health facilities see the procedure as superfluous as it involves questions of aesthetic nature, according to the senator.

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