PIL in Delhi HC against Pathlabs run by Lab Technicians
New Delhi: A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday seeking close down of all unauthorised pathological and diagnostic laboratories being run by unqualified lab technicians. The court will hear the PIL tomorrow.
The petition also seeks direction to the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government to formulate a robust policy in the interest of patients for regulating the functioning and opening of pathological laboratories in the national capital. It also demands to constitute appropriate authority for regular checking of such laboratories or issue a direction for implementation of the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation Act) 2010 in Delhi.
These people are not only conducting the various tests but are also providing inferences based on unscientific and unqualified outcomes, which undermine the health and safety of the patients, the PIL stated. It is further submitted that even a small error in the diagnosis could lead to the threat of life and irrational treatment given to the patients.
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