“A society that provides equal opportunities for all remains a distant dream” in India, said the High Court
Mumbai:
Concerned about the growing number of COVID-19 cases in India and the recent migrant crisis, the Bombay High Court said that the pandemic has revealed that despite our constitutional guarantees, a society that offers equal opportunities to all remains a “distant dream”.
A bench from Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice AA Sayed also said that, given the current state of the economy and health care, “one can hardly think of a just society in the near future.”
He said the COVID-19 crisis and the foreclosure hit the Indian economy and showed how “pitiful” the condition of migrant workers in the country was.
The bench issued a verdict Friday night on a bunch of public interest litigation (PIL) filed by several individuals and institutions seeking various reliefs for COVID and non-COVID patients, and front-line workers in Maharashtra.
While issuing a series of guidelines, the bench instructed the government of Maharashtra to consider increasing its budget and spending on health.
He also said that the state should prioritize emergencies when admitting patients.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that despite our constitutional guarantees, a society that offers equal opportunities to all remains a distant dream,” said the High Court.
“The pandemic and the ensuing lock-in have destabilized the Indian economy, while destroying the” haves “and the” have-nots “… It has shown how pitiful the conditions of migrant workers in India … And As things stand, one can hardly think of a just and equitable society at any time in the near future, “he said.
However, now was the time to learn a good lesson and prioritize strengthening the state’s health care system, he said.
The pleas filed with senior counsel Gayatri Singh, Mihir Desai and lawyer Ankit Kulkarni, had asked for adequate tests, PPE for frontline workers, mobile health clinics, beds, health facilities and a line. helpline for COVID and non-COVID patients.
In its verdict, the High Court ordered the state government to continue to test and screen for the coronavirus aggressively, to develop a “healthy strategy” to treat and make available positive patients of all classes public real-time information on the availability of beds, doctors, etc. for COVID and non-COVID patients.
The court further stated that while unavailability of beds was not an excuse for denying patient admission, efforts should be made to admit patients who “genuinely deserve treatment and care in the first place.” hospitals, preferably those who, out of fear, can apply for admission but can wait. “
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