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Video claims no arrangement for Covid patients: Delhi HC seeks govts' stand

HC directed the two governments to place before it the status of functional and responsive helpline numbers being operated by them

A railway official checks documents of passengers before boarding a train at a railway station following the resumption of passenger train services by the Indian Railways in a graded manner, in Bhopal. Photo: PTI
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The bench directed the Delhi government to consider providing ambulance facility for pickup of Covid-19 serious patients for hospitalisation

Agencies New Delhi
Taking note of a video clipping on social media of a man who had to run from pillar to post to get his mother hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19, the Delhi High Court has directed the Centre and the AAP government to place before it arrangements made to deal with such patients.

Observing that the video "raises serious issues of public concern in the present day context", a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar issued several directions, including making effective the helplines for reporting coronavirus cases, assessing their adequacy to deal with the increasing call traffic and