Patients in COVID wards of hospitals are lying unattended and their families are clueless about their condition, Delhi HC said on Tuesday, calling it an area of concern.
A bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi & Justice Rekha Palli stressed on the need for the AAP Govt & the Centre to increase the number of doctors, nurses & support staff in hospitals, identifying it as one of the main reasons for patients often not being attended to even inside a hospital.
The Bench pointed out that “You can’t leave patients unattended. Either allow a family member or a private attendant inside. Maybe a kin who has recovered from Covid can be there. That’s why doctors’ & nurses’ numbers need to be increased, we have been saying this for sometime now. You can’t blame the doctors, will they work on treating a patient or keep answering calls from the worried relatives?”
The advice to Delhi Govt to bring out a policy came after the amicus curiae Senior Lawyer Rajshekhar Rao said kin of patients are not allowed inside sealed Covid wards & don’t get any information on their condition. “Often diapers of senior citizen patients were not changed for two days,” Rao highlighted.
The Court also expressed its displeasure over Delhi Govt alleging that on May 10, 250 beds in the new dedicated Covid facility in Dwarka, Indira Gandhi Hospital, were already operational.
“It was not fair on the part of Delhi government to give incorrect facts,” the bench said, adding that “the newspapers of Saturday said 250 beds in the hospital were operationalised, but not a single bed has been occupied till date”.
The remarks were made after the Govt apologised for the incorrect statement on May 10. The bench was informed that for lack of oxygen cylinders & concentrators, the beds have not yet started. Senior advocate Rahul Mehra assured it that 150 beds would be operationalised during the day & another 100 by Wednesday.
The Court directed Delhi Govt to give category wise — with/without oxygen, ICU & non-ICU — details of its beds & listed the matter on May 18.
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