Setup helpline to report PPEs shortage: HC

The Delhi high court on Thursday suggested that the AAP government set up a mechanism like a helpline on which healthcare workers can call anonymously to complain against private hospitals or nursing homes not providing N-95 masks and PPE kits.

The suggestion came from a bench of chief justice D.N. Patel and justice Prateek Jalan during the hearing of a PIL by an NGO which has alleged that nurses in private hospitals and nursing homes were not provided proper PPE kits to guard against infection.

The court said once a complaint is received on the helpline, the government can inspect the hospital and fulfil the PPE kits and masks requirements. The court also asked the NGO, Distress Management Collective, to give suggestions on how the issues raised in its PIL can be addressed and listed the matter for hearing on July 6.