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Deaths of COVID-19 patients due to a lack of medical oxygen is a criminal act and not less than a genocide, the Allahabad High Court in India s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh said on Tuesday.
Local media reports a two-justice bench of the state s top court made the observation during a hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the coronavirus situation in Uttar Pradesh, one of India s worst-affected states during the devastating second wave.
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“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,” the court said citing social media videos showing people begging for oxygen tanks and others hoarding them.
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) - A court in India s capital New Delhi has become the last hope for many hospitals struggling to get oxygen for Covid-19 patients as supplies run dangerously short while government officials bicker over who is responsible.
A two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court has been holding almost daily video conferences to hear petitions from hospitals invoking India s constitutional right to protection of life.
Local and federal officials are attending. The court s intervention has saved lives, lawyers say.
On Sunday (May 2), with just 30 minutes of oxygen left for 42 Covid-19 patients at Sitaram Bhartia hospital, and new supplies nowhere in sight, the hospital authorities approached the Delhi court as a last resort for help, lawyer Shyel Trehan said.
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Patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) get treatment at the casualty ward in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital, amidst the spread of the disease in New Delhi, India April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
A court in Indiaâs capital New Delhi has become the last hope for many hospitals struggling to get oxygen for COVID-19 patients as supplies run dangerously short while government officials bicker over who is responsible.
A two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court has been holding almost daily video conferences to hear petitions from hospitals invoking India s constitutional right to protection of life. Local and federal officials are attending.
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The court s intervention has saved lives, lawyers say.[Reuters]
A court in India’s capital New Delhi has become the last hope for many hospitals struggling to get oxygen for COVID-19 patients as supplies run dangerously short while government officials bicker over who is responsible.
A two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court has been holding almost daily video conferences to hear petitions from hospitals invoking India s constitutional right to protection of life. Local and federal officials are attending.
The court s intervention has saved lives, lawyers say.
On Sunday, with just 30 minutes of oxygen left for 42 virus patients at Sitaram Bhartia hospital, and new supplies nowhere in sight, hospital authorities approached the Delhi court as a last resort for help, lawyer Shyel Trehan said.