Inhumane To Reserve ICU Beds For Covid Patients When Cases Going Down: High Court Inhumane To Reserve ICU Beds For Covid Patients When Cases Going Down: High Court It was hearing a plea by the association seeking quashing of the Delhi government s September 12 order to reserve 80 per cent ICU beds for COVID-19 patients in 33 private hospitals in Delhi.
Delhi government had ordered 33 private hospitals to reserve 80% ICU beds for COVID-19 patients
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The Delhi High Court on Thursday said it was inhumane to keep thousands of ICU beds reserved in private hospitals for COVID-19 patients when the positivity rate of the infection and number of coronavirus cases was going down in the national capital.
Panel suggests ICU beds reserved in 33 private hospitals be reduced to 60%: AAP tells HC
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Last Updated: Dec 24, 2020, 01:50 PM IST
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The Delhi government placed before Justice Navin Chawla the decision taken on Wednesday by the De-escalation Committee (COVID-19) which was constituted to assess the current position of hospital admissions and discharges and recommend reduction in the number of beds dedicated for coronavirus patients, if required.
NEW DELHI: The AAP government informed the Delhi High Court on Thursday that an expert committee has recommended reducing, from 80 per cent to 60 per cent, the number of ICU beds reserved for COVID-19 patients in private hospitals in the national capital. The Delhi government placed before Justice Navin Chawla the decision taken on Wednesday by the De-escalation Committee (COVID-19) which was constituted to assess the curren
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Inhumane to Reserve ICU Beds in Pvt Hospitals for Covid Patients when Cases Going Down: Delhi HC
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Justice Navin Chawla said that in the prevailing situation today keeping so many ICU beds reserved for COVID19 patients cannot be sustained and if in future there was an increase in COVID-19 cases, then the reservations can be brought back.
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The Delhi High Court on Thursday said it was inhumane to keep thousands of ICU beds reserved in private hospitals for COVID-19 patients when the positivity rate of the infection and number of coronavirus cases was going down in the national capital. Justice Navin Chawla said that in the prevailing situation today keeping so many ICU beds reserved for COVID-19 patients cannot be sustained and if in future there was an increase in COVID-19 cases, then the reservations can be brought back.
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Sanjay Jain and additional standing counsel Sanjoy Ghose, appearing for the Delhi government, told the court that no decision has been taken on the recommendation of the De-escalation Committee (COVID-19) which was constituted to assess the current position of hospital admissions and discharges and recommend reduction in the number of beds dedicated for coronavirus patients, if required.
Jain said a decision would be taken after consulting two more experts doctors and the association can also make a representation if it wants to.
Singh said the association has placed its case before the court and it was not going to make any representations to the government.
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