Won't allow experiments with faulty ventilators: Bombay HC slams Center
The matter pertains to 150 ventilators provided to the GMCH in April under the PM CARES Fund which were supplied by Rajkot based Jyoti CNC, of which around 133 were found to be defective or malfunctional.;
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Mumbai: In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court has said that it would be the responsibility of the Centre in case any faulty ventilators supplied by a Gujarat company through the PM CARES Fund cause deaths of COVID-19 patients.
In its verdict on Wednesday, a division bench, comprising Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice BU Debadwar, said that they would "not permit experimentation of ventilators which have undergone major repairs in treating the patients, since this would be causing a risk/health hazard to the patients, and unfortunately, the use of such ventilators may cause loss of life, which must be averted."
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