UP: NHRC sends notice to state government hospitals
Lucknow: Taking cognisance of media reports, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over "lack of proper medical care facilities" in state government hospitals.
The commission set a month's deadline for the state government to submit a detailed report on the matter.
Recent media reports highlighted the inconvenience caused to patients and their attendants as illustrated by some recent incidents in different parts of the state.
The relatives of a deceased had to carry the body on a motorcycle in Kasganj district as an ambulance driver demanded a sum of Rs 1,500 for carrying the body. However, later some people came forward and arranged a private ambulance.
NHRC took suo motu cognisance of an incident in the recent past when a 12-year-old boy's father carried him on his shoulders as there was no stretcher available in Kanpur's government-run hospital. The boy later died in the hospital.
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