The Gauhati High Court on April 27 closed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging that the patients who got Covid -19 were not given treatment for their ailments while their cases were being processed for admission in various medical colleges and hospitals in Assam.
Pursuant to the direction of the High Court , the State has filed its reply in the matter giving details of the cases which have been highlighted by the petitioner.
A statement has been made at the Bar by the learned Advocate General of the State that as of now the situation in Assam is not such where the hospitals are refusing treatment to patients for the reason that they have been declared COVID positive.
To the contrary, there are separate wings and isolation wards, etc. for COVID patients, in the hospitals. It has also been stated before the High Court that the State is well equipped to take care of any medical emergency in the present COVID pandemic.
The Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Soumitra Saikia that no useful purpose will be served by keeping the petition pending. The writ petition is closed by the Court.