Reservation of 80 percent beds for COVID patients in private hospitals: Delhi court refuses to vacate stay
A division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan, while seeking responses from the main petitioner Association of Healthcare Providers (India) and others, refused to vacate the stay on the Delhi government's decision instructing private hospitals in the national capital to reserve 80 per cent of ICU beds for Covid-19 patients.;
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice to all the respondents on a petition moved by the Delhi government challenging a stay on its order directing private hospitals to reserve 80 percent beds for COVID patients.
A division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan, while seeking responses from the main petitioner Association of Healthcare Providers (India) and others, refused to vacate the stay on the Delhi government's decision instructing private hospitals in the national capital to reserve 80 percent of ICU beds for Covid-19 patients.
The bench, while posting the matter for October 9, said that those hospitals have complied with the Government of NCT Delhi order and expanded their bed capacity may voluntarily continue to comply.
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Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Sanjay Jain, appearing for the Delhi government, submitted that we are in the middle of one of the worst pandemic. "Covid-19 is a clever virus. With this virus, every day is like a game of Chess. The game is on and we are taking dynamic, bold, and real-time decisions," he said.
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