problem was mitigated to some extent when the judicial
system mandated the delivery of care by any and every
hospital regardless of a patient's paying and medico-legal
status in times of emergency [9]. Failure on the part of any
hospital to provide timely medical treatment to a person in
need of such treatment results in a violation of the patient's
"Right to Life,” which is guaranteed under Article 21 of the
Constitution of India [10]. This is the closest India has
come to enacting laws similar to The EMTALA (Emergency
Medical Treatment and Labor Act) and the COBRA
(Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act), which
are well recognized in the USA.