HC asks Delhi, centre to list hospitals to treat non-coronavirus patients

The petitioner's advocate Darpan Wadhwa submitted that due to the onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic, AIIMS stands converted into an exclusive facility to treat Covid-19 patients

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked Centre and Delhi government to file a status report mentioning the list of hospitals where the outstation patients could receive treatment for ailments other than Covid-19, free-of-cost according to their eligibility.

A Division Bench of Justices Vipin Sangi and Yogesh Khanna also asked that report should also mention whether these patients could be provided treatment at AIIMS itself, as they were receiving earlier. The court said that status reports in these respects be filed by the respondents before the next date and listed the matter for further hearing on May 8.

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