DDU Hospital near Tihar Jail needs upgradation: HC

"Upgradation of DDUH is required to stop the inmates from going to various other hospitals for treatment," said a bench of justices Gita Mittal and V K Shali, while examining an Army medical board report on repeated visits of the Nitish Katara murder case convicts Vikas and Vishal Yadav to various hospitals from Tihar jail.

"It is in the public interest that facilities are made available to the undertrials and convicts lodged in Tihar. We direct Medical Superintendent to submit a report about the infrastructure, facilities available for the inmates," the bench said.

As per an earlier court order, a medical board of the Army's Research and Referral (R&R) Hospital submitted its report recently on the frequent hospital visits of the two murder case convicts, serving life terms in Tihar Jail.

While going through the report in open court, the bench also observed that many of the duo's visits were unjustified.

The bench opened the report in courtroom yesterday and referring to its contents said, "The report is very categorical. Some visits to the hospitals by accused (Vikas and Vishal) are justified but more visits and also admissions are unjustified."

The bench, also directed the high court registry to supply the copy of the report to the parties, directed the accused as well as the complainant to respond to its contents within three weeks. (More)