On Monday, the High Court of Delhi will hear a petition, seeking direction to the Delhi Govt. for ensuring immediate admission of all patients showing symptoms of COVID-19 & other critically ill patients for their treatment in all Govt. hospital in Delhi.
The petitioner, Bijon Kumar Mishra through his Lawyer Shashank Dev Sudhi, has filed the petition in which he sought an immediate establishment of centralised database communication system for COVID-19 suspected/affected patients & others in terms of availability of doctors & beds in the respective government hospitals, so that patients can be allotted or referred immediately to the concerned hospitals where prompt medication can be made available to the coronavirus patients.
The Public Interest Litigation stated for the formation of a court-monitored committee to look into the denial of treatment of COVID-19 patients, including other critically ill patients, by the Delhi Govt. hospitals and appropriate action may be launched against the erring Govt hospitals.
It also said that one the constable namely Amit Kumar of Delhi Police lost his life on account of denial of admission by the two government hospitals.
The petitioner said in his plea, "This sad & inhumane incident is just a tip of the iceberg & many more deaths like this had never been brought to light on account of them being poor & not being influential citizens. It is also common news that the government hospitals are not providing information about the health condition of COVID-19 infected persons to their families".
He said that there is no public phone numbers or any website through which such information can be obtained from the respective hospitals where the COVID-19 infected patients are admitted.
The plea alleged that there is no proper arrangement for tackling the outbreak of the scale of COVID-19 in the hospitals.
The plea said that "There is complete confusion in the hospitals where there is no centralised informatory arrangement in terms of availability of beds & classified doctors for the treatment of COVID-19 infected patients are available. As a result of which thousands of innocent people are losing their lives without getting adequate treatment".
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