Improve Infrastructure at Govt Hospitals to avoid violent Situations: Delhi HC tells Govt

"This court directs GNCTD to file an action taken report clearly stating whether recommendations of the expert committee report are feasible and they have been implemented," the court ordered. In 2017, the high court had taken cognisance of a news report on increasing violent attacks on government doctors by patients and their relatives and asked the Centre and the AAP government to apprise it about the steps taken.

Senior advocate Siddharth Aggarwal, the amicus curiae appointed to assist the court, Tuesday said that the genesis of the issue of threats to medical professionals was the shortage of doctors and lack of infrastructural support in hospitals. He also said that during the pendency of the proceedings, the Delhi government has enacted a law for the protection of doctors but "it has made it worse" by diluting the penal provisions under the Indian Penal Code. During the hearing, concerns were also raised with respect to alleged vacancies in government hospitals.

The court suggested directing a meeting of all the stakeholders, including officials of the Delhi government and Centre, to deal with the issues concerning hospital administration. The court asked the Delhi government and the Centre to file their responses in the matter. The matter would be listed next on March 13.