Augmenting Covid-19 helpline capacity, ambulance fleet, AAP govt tells HC

The bench also directed that issue of delay in contacting the patients by the state/district authorities must be addressed in consultation with ICMR, Aggarwal said

The AAP government Monday claimed in the Delhi High Court that it has augmented the capacity of its Covid-19 helpline ''1031'' and proposes to increase the ambulance fleet to ensure speedy access to treatment for everyone infected by the virus.

The submission was made before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan during the hearing of a PIL, initiated by the high court on the basis of a video clip of a man who had to run from pillar to post to get his mother hospitalised after she tested Covid-19 positive.

Taking note of submissions by