Hospitals in the national capital are allegedly following a "VIP culture" of allocating beds and therefore, there is a need for a centralised and transparent system to help COVID-19 patients locate a bed, a PIL urged the Delhi High Court on Monday.
A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its stand by May 21 on the plea which has contended that allocation of beds cannot be unregulated.
The petition by Delhi resident Manjit Singh, who works in the hospitality industry, has said that in the present situation of health emergency, where demand for beds is more than its supply, "there should be some mechanism to ensure that allocation of beds to COVID-19 patients in the hospitals across the city is not arbitrary and unreasonable".