New Delhi, Nov 24, : On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court sought the response of the Centre and the Delhi Government on a plea for directions to fill the vacancies in government-run hospitals for paramedical staff and doctors.A bench of Justices D.N.Patel and Jyoti S issued notice to the respondents –the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of NCT of Delhi and All India Institute of Medical Science(AIIMS), Safdarjung Hospital and Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital — and placed the matter on hold for further hearing on January 12, 2022.
Dr.Nand Kishore Garg, the petitioner, stated that innocent and poor patients are denied treatment due to an acute shortage in doctors and paramedical staff.
There is also misinformation about the availability and accessibility of relevant infrastructure.
Advocate Shashank Sudhi filed the petition.
It was submitted that both the Delhi Government and the Central Government had not set up any committee or commission to investigate the areas of omission that led to the deaths of innocent citizens in NCT of Delhi.
“Private hospitals are illegally taking advantage of the plights of helpless patients.” “There are many cases in which doctors at government hospitals refer patients to private hospitals, citing the absence of infrastructure in government hospitals,” the plea was alleged.
It is clear that the government hospitals are not equipped to deal with the recent Coronavirus epidemic.
Even the protective masks and sanitisers are being black-marketed in Delhi at prohibitive and exorbitant prices.The plea stated that the government is totally insensitive to the increasing demand for quality medical services, as can be seen from the RTI response.
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