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HC seeks Delhi govt reply on helpline for nurses to complain of lack of PPE

The bench asked the Delhi government to also respond to the suggestion that private hospitals and nursing homes must file an undertaking before the concerned authorities for providing PPE kits

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An NGO has alleged that nurses in private hospitals and clinics were being given used PPE kits

Press Trust of India New Delhi

The Delhi High Court Monday sought the AAP government's reply on suggestions for setting up a helpline for nurses to complain against private hospitals for failing to providing N-95 masks and PPE kits as also considering ex-gratia to those who die attending to Covid-19 patients.

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan asked the Delhi government to also respond to the suggestion that private hospitals and nursing homes must file an undertaking before the concerned authorities for providing PPE kits, N95 masks to the nurses.

The high court directed the Delhi government, represented through advocate Anupam Srivastava, to