Covid Treatment Plea

The Delhi High Court today dismissed with cost of Rs 25,000 a petition seeking change of the existing protocol for treating COVID-19 patients, saying the course of treatment was not fixed on some "ipse dixit" (unproven statement).

The Delhi High Court Friday said beds have to reserved in hospitals for treatment of certain categories of people like the President and Prime Minister of the country.

"I would have lived had I received better treatment," wrote Rahul Vohra from hospital

Despite repeated assurances from the government on medical oxygen, vaccines and hospital beds, Covid patients and their families have got little relief as cases continue to soar.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi government to file its reply on three pleas challenging its decision to convert petitioners' banquet halls into temporary COVID-19 treatment hospitals.

A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday seeking direction to the Delhi government to ensure no private hospital, which has been declared as COVID-19 hospital, charges the patients exorbitantly or deny treatment due to paucity of funds.

The Delhi High Court today sought the Centre's response on a plea claiming that outstation non-coronavirus patients who had come for treatment at AIIMS are not being provided medication from the hospital''s pharmacy anymore due to the lockdown.

The Delhi High Court today dismissed with cost of Rs 25,000 a petition seeking change of the existing protocol for treating COVID-19 patients, saying the course of treatment was not fixed on some "ipse dixit" (unproven statement).

The Delhi High Court Friday said beds have to reserved in hospitals for treatment of certain categories of people like the President and Prime Minister of the country.

"I would have lived had I received better treatment," wrote Rahul Vohra from hospital

Despite repeated assurances from the government on medical oxygen, vaccines and hospital beds, Covid patients and their families have got little relief as cases continue to soar.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi government to file its reply on three pleas challenging its decision to convert petitioners' banquet halls into temporary COVID-19 treatment hospitals.

A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday seeking direction to the Delhi government to ensure no private hospital, which has been declared as COVID-19 hospital, charges the patients exorbitantly or deny treatment due to paucity of funds.

The Delhi High Court today sought the Centre's response on a plea claiming that outstation non-coronavirus patients who had come for treatment at AIIMS are not being provided medication from the hospital''s pharmacy anymore due to the lockdown.