Delhi HC wants status report on condition of govt hospitals

NEWDELHI:COMING down heavily on the state government for poor infrastructure in five city hospitals, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked authorities to file a fresh status report giving details of the current situation of health facilities in the city. The direction came after it expressed dissatisfaction over a status report filed by the government on the condition of state-run hospitals in the national capital.

A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V Kameswar Rao also warned authorities concerned that if they failed to file comprehensive status report highlighting the actual condition, it would constitute a committee to conduct inspection and take stock of the situation in five government-run hospitals.

The court was hearing a plea by a school teacher whose ninemonth-old unborn baby died in her womb, allegedly due to the lack of infrastructure at the Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital.

During the hearing, petitioner’s counsel Prashant Manchanda informed the court about the dilapidated condition of the government hospitals in the city. He told the court how the petitioner, Madhu Bala, had herself conducted a sting operation of the sorry state of affairs in five government hospitals, that included Deen Dayal Upadhayay Hospital, Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, GB Pant Hospital and LNJP Hospital, with the help of a news channel.

Dissatisfied with the status report, the high court asked the counsel for the Delhi government about the present situation of these hospitals. It said that the status report doesn’t address the concerns raised by the petitioner, and directed the authorities to file a fresh status report. The matter would be now heard on January 25 next year.

Tomy said he was very thankful to the Indian Navy and everyone involved in his rescue. Tomy is currently undergoing medical treatment at a medical facility at the tiny Amsterdam Island in southern Indian Ocean. Tomy is in a stable condition and his reports have been sent to a medical facility at Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. “He rates his health as three on 10 as of now,” said navy spokesperson Captain DK Sharma, who spoke with Tomy on Wednesday. Indian warship INS Satpura is expected to reach the island by Friday. Tomy is likely to be taken to Mauritius for further treatment if required. Tomy was rescued by French patrol vessel Osiris in a dramatic mission . He was then taken to Amsterdam, a 55-sq km island that is part of French territory.

Tomy suffered a debilitating back injury on September 21 after the rough seas and powerful winds pummeled Thuriya, sending it into a 360-degree spin and dismasting the 10-metre long boat built in Goa.

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