A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and all states and union territories to ensure non-Covid-19 patients, such as heart patients, pregnant women, those with ailments of kidney, liver and lungs etc, get proper treatment.
The plea also wanted this facility to be extended to patients waiting for major and minor medical procedures and surgeries etc during the lockdown period.
The plea, moved by Supreme Court lawyer G.S. Mani, claims Covid-19 patients are struggling to get proper treatment due to the lockdown but non-Covid patients are also struggling. They too are not getting admission, proper medical treatment and facilities in government and private hospitals in all states and UTs due to the heavy rush in Covid wards.
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Many hospitals have stopped their emergency ward treatment and postponed major surgeries. The plea said non-Covid patients also need regular treatment and spoke of the right of public health.
Source: ILNS