›We want “real hard facts” and not just “information that would make the court happy”: Gujarat High Court
We want “real hard facts” and not just “information that would make the court happy”: Gujarat High Court
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The court also sought to know why the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is lagging in terms of updating the data on the availability of beds across hospitals on a real-time basis despite three orders in this regard while other smaller corporations like Surat, Jamnagar, Rajkot have made such arrangements.
Pulls up Ahmedabad corporation on mishandling COVID situation
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday hit out at the State authorities for “ignoring its orders” and asked why the Municipal Corporation of Ahmedabad (AMC) was behaving like an indisciplined child.
During the hearing of a suo motu public interest litigation plea about the COVID-19 situation in the State, the court held that all municipal corporations must act as per the policies of the State government on pandemic management.
Chief Justice Vikram Nath during the hearing observed that the Court had been asking for the uploading of real-time information in at least three orders passed so far. but the municipal corporation ignored them.
The HC raised the question of government and designated COVID-19 hospitals in Ahmedabad. File Photo.
The court also advised against imposing a lockdown and said it is not a solution to fight the pandemic.
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday expressed its displeasure over the state government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting the entire exercise lacks “transparency” and pointed to the death of patients outside hospitals due to “non-attendance by doctors”.
The court also advised against imposing a lockdown and said it is not a solution to fight the pandemic.
The HC asked the Gujarat government to direct hospitals to admit all COVID-19 patients approaching them instead of just those coming through ‘108’ (helpline) ambulance service.
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With the addition of new cases, the count of infections in the state has gone up to 5,24,725 while the death toll reached 6,656, the state health department said.