In stern remarks, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday observed that the death of COVID-19 patients just for non-supply of oxygen to hospitals is a criminal act, "not less than a genocide" by authorities entrusted the task to ensure the oxygen supply chain is maintained.
: Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 11:43 AM IST Not less than genocide : Allahabad HC reprimands government over deaths due to oxygen shortage; citizens agree
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The death of COVID-19 patients due to non supplying of oxygen is a criminal act and not less than a genocide , said that the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday amid reports of shortage of medical oxygen due to rise in COVID-19 infections. We are at pain in observing that death of Covid patients just for non supplying of oxygen to the hospitals is a criminal act and not less than a genocide by those who have been entrusted the task to ensure continuous procurement and supply chain of the liquid medical oxygen, read the order by a bench of Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Siddhartha Varma.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the Uttar Pradesh government has continuously denied the lack of oxygen.
New Delhi:
A day after the Allahabad High Court observed that the death of COVID-19 patients due to non-supply of oxygen to hospitals is a criminal act, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said the Uttar Pradesh government has continuously denied the lack of oxygen when the truth is that there have been many deaths due to it for which accountability should be fixed.
In stern remarks, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday observed that the death of COVID-19 patients just for non-supply of oxygen to hospitals is a criminal act, not less than a genocide by authorities entrusted the task to ensure the oxygen supply chain is maintained.
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Covid-19: UP CM Adityanath’s move to check virus with help of bureaucracy has failed, says BJP MLA
Surendra Singh said that the system should be centred around public representatives and not the bureaucracy. BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh s Bairia Surendra Singh. | Surendra Nath Singh/Facebook
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Uttar Pradesh’s Bairia constituency Surendra Singh on Friday said that Chief Minister Adityanath’s experiment to control the pandemic with the help of the bureaucracy has failed, PTI reported.
Singh made the comment while speaking to reporters at his home on Friday. He added that the fact that BJP ministers and MLAs were getting infected with the virus and were unable to get proper treatment should be considered as a shortcoming of the system in the state.