Govt Counsel to HC: If we Test everyone, 70% people will test +ve for Corona

On Friday, the issue of early discharge of asymptomatic Covid-19 patients without testing and reduced testing was fiercely debated in the Gujarat High Court and the advocate general said that if everybody is tested, 70% of tested people would be found positive and it would create fear psychosis among citizens.

The arguments took place between advocate general Kamal Trivedi and senior advocate Anshin Desai, whose client is objecting to the new discharge policy as well as reduced number of tests in Gujarat.

While advocate Desai insisted on more tests and demanded that family members of Covid-19 patients must be tested, advocate Trivedi objected and said that if more testing is done, 70% of people tested in Ahmedabad would be found positive. And this will create fear psychosis among citizens.

To this, advocate Desai raised a counter question on why the government should be bothered about it.

He argued further, “The government needs to meet with this situation with better preparedness. We have been fighting for acquisition of hospitals. Maharashtra has acquired 80% of private hospital beds.”

The Lawyer cited examples of private hospitals, which refused to abide by government norms for epidemic and insisted that they must be acquired to deal with the worst possible situation that is likely to arise in future.

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