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'You're shooting the messenger': SC slams Delhi govt for targeting doctors

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, S K Kaul and M R Shah questioned the AAP government as to why the FIR was lodged against a doctor

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The doctors and nurses are soldiers in this war. If we do not treat them properly then how you will win the war... You are filing FIRs against the doctors. You are shooting the messenger, the bench observed

Press Trust of India
The Supreme Court Wednesday slammed the Delhi government for targeting doctors and healthcare workers by suspending them and lodging FIRs for sharing videos highlighting the real state of city hospitals and said it was shooting the messenger.

The top court had earlier torn into the Delhi government over the sorry state of affairs" for treatment of Covid-19 patients at its hospitals including LNJP and also decreased testing, calling the situation in the national capital "horrendous, horrific and pathetic".

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, S K Kaul and M R Shah questioned the AAP government as to why the FIR