New Delhi: Delhi High Court, while hearing a suo motu public interest litigation, recently observed that the medical infrastructure in the national capital was inadequate and the number of hospital beds were insufficient.
The division bench of acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna directed the Delhi government to file a status report, indicating how it planned to ensure that the medical infrastructure kept pace with the city’s population.The bench was hearing a suo motu PIL, initiated in 2017, concerning the issue of availability of ICU beds and ventilator facilities in government hospitals in the capital.
The next hearing of the matter has been scheduled for January 29, 2024.
The court, referring to a newspaper report, remarked: “Upon a reading of this report, it is apparent that medical infrastructure in Delhi is inadequate and the number of hospital beds is insufficient. The demand is far in excess of the supply. The said report is taken on record.”
The report was in reference to a 14-year-old girl who succumbed to blood cancer at AIIMS on December 5.
According to the report, the minor’s family alleged that three government hospitals in Delhi refused her treatment, citing lack of medicines, beds or equipment.
Earlier, the court had directed the hospitals of the Central government to establish a control room to provide information about availability of beds with ventilator facilities, by notifying the phone numbers of the control room through public notices in the print media and web portals.
The division bench of acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna directed the Delhi government to file a status report, indicating how it planned to ensure that the medical infrastructure kept pace with the city’s population.The bench was hearing a suo motu PIL, initiated in 2017, concerning the issue of availability of ICU beds and ventilator facilities in government hospitals in the capital.
The next hearing of the matter has been scheduled for January 29, 2024.
The court, referring to a newspaper report, remarked: “Upon a reading of this report, it is apparent that medical infrastructure in Delhi is inadequate and the number of hospital beds is insufficient. The demand is far in excess of the supply. The said report is taken on record.”
The report was in reference to a 14-year-old girl who succumbed to blood cancer at AIIMS on December 5.
According to the report, the minor’s family alleged that three government hospitals in Delhi refused her treatment, citing lack of medicines, beds or equipment.
Earlier, the court had directed the hospitals of the Central government to establish a control room to provide information about availability of beds with ventilator facilities, by notifying the phone numbers of the control room through public notices in the print media and web portals.