Delhi has the third highest number of coronavirus cases in India.
New Delhi:
Coronavirus Patients Treated “Worse Than Animals,” Supreme Court said today as it denounced Delhi “horrible, horrible and pathetic” plight in the nation’s capital amid a spate of cases virus.
Outside Delhi, the situation is “grim” in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, the court said, requesting a response from the four states and the central government because information had to be known about suo motu poor handling of COVID-19 patients and disposal of bodies in the country.
“COVID-19 patients are treated worse than animals. In one case, a body was found in the trash. Patients are dying and no one is there to care for them,” the court said. afternoon. He also asked the government of Arvind Kejriwal to explain the drop in tests in the city.
“Why did your tests go from 7,000 to 5,000 a day when Chennai and Mumbai increased their tests from 16,000 to 17,000?” asked the court. Requests for coronavirus tests cannot be refused, the court said, adding that “the procedure can be simplified so that more and more tests are performed”.
Delhi has the third highest number of coronavirus cases in India after Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. The nation’s capital has so far registered 34,687 patients and 1,085 deaths, according to the Union’s Ministry of Health. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has repeatedly stated that the city is ready to fight the pandemic, with the number of infections expected to increase to 5.5 lakh by July 31.
Denouncing the AAP government for failing to follow the directives of the Union’s Ministry of Health, the supreme court said: “The situation in Delhi is horrible, horrible and pathetic. (There is) a very sorry situation in its hospitals that do not provide the necessary care and concern for the bodies. The families of the patients are not even informed of the deaths. The families were also unable to attend the last rites in some cases. “
“Patients run from the pillar to the post to be admitted while a large number of beds are vacant. According to some reports, a public hospital in Delhi had bodies in the hall and waiting area. Inside the ward , most of the beds were unoccupied, “he added.
During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that some of the visuals he had seen were “shocking”. The case will be heard next week.
On Monday, former law minister Ashwani Kumar wrote to India’s chief justice, SA Bobde, to highlight the way in which COVID-19 patients and bodies are being treated. “The right to die with dignity is a fundamental right and it includes the right to a decent burial or cremation,” he said in his letter, citing several media reports, including recent incidents in Pondicherry and Madhya Pradesh.
In Pondicherry, a video showing government officials hastily throwing the body of a man with COVID-19 into a grave had sparked outrage, prompting the administration to order an investigation into the incident.
In another incident, an 80-year-old man was seen tied to a hospital bed in Madhya Pradesh in shocking pictures after allegedly failing to pay for his treatment. However, the hospital said he had seizures.
