The Government of Puducherry submitted that some payments have been made to the private medical colleges. It was further submitted that for subsequent bills raised by the medical college, the veracity of the bills need to be looked into.
The court said that the practice of filing the writ petitions on the similar matter pending before any other bench of the concerned court will bring the multifariousness of the writ petitions.
As a brother of a patient complains that he is not being able to get the drug Tocilizumab 400 MG for his brother suffering from SARS-Cov 2, the Delhi High Court sought a response from the central government on some questions in the matter of supply and availability of the drug.
The plea has been filed by health activist and public health expert Amulya Nidhi through AOR Abhimanue Shrestha and settled by Senior Advocate Sanjay Parikh.
COVID treatment prices in private hospitals have been shooting through the roof in recent times and even those with insurance find that their policy ceilings aren’t allowing hospitalisation.
The Supreme Court today (July 17) dismissed a petition against the Bombay High Court order which imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakh on the petitioner, seeking directions for free COVID treatment for all citizens of Maharashtra.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Monday overruled the Arvind Kejriwal- government's controversial decision to restrict COVID treatment in Delhi hospitals to people only to Delhites in hospitals run by the Delhi government.