Large number of people can t get insurance benefit for want of hospitalisation, says HC
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Last Updated: May 27, 2021, 08:19 PM IST
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Synopsis As a matter of common knowledge and we can take judicial notice of the same that for about three to four weeks when the current wave of the pandemic was at its height, there was acute shortage of hospital beds not only in Delhi but in the entire country, a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh said.
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The Delhi High Court Thursday said a large number of COVID-19 infected people would not be able to get insurance benefit as they could not secure a hospital bed due to the dearth of medical infrastructure and asked sectoral regulator IRDA to look into the issue. The court was also informed that effectively even black fungus infection will not be covered in COVID specific polices as they are only for 14 days period.
›Black fungus: Patients have right to life, can t be given preference over others, says Delhi High Court
Black fungus: Patients have right to life, can t be given preference over others, says Delhi High Court
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Black fungus: Patients have right to life, can t be given preference over others, says Delhi High CourtPTI
Last Updated: May 27, 2021, 07:33 PM IST
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The court said it was sure that a patient s granddaughter, who was seeking direction to the government and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital to provide sufficient number of vials of Amphotericin B to him, was not seeking any preferential treatment over other patients.
Delhi High Court asks Centre why high import duty imposed on drugs essential to treat Mucormycosis
Delhi High Court asks Centre why high import duty imposed on drugs essential to treat Mucormycosis
The Delhi High Court order came on a plea filed by advocate Iqra Khalid after his grandfather had required the drug for the treatment of black fungus.
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UPDATED: May 27, 2021 16:28 IST
The central government counsel Kirtiman Singh assured that a decision would be taken in the next couple of days. (Representative image: Reuters)
The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Centre why high import duty had been imposed on Amphotericin B, which is essential to treat black fungus patients, mainly those who are getting affected by it after recovering from Covid-19.
Check case of those who could not avail health insurance, says Delhi HC
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Delhi High Court. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 27 : The Delhi High Court on Thursday noted that with non-availability of hospital beds amid the second wave of Covid-19, a large of insured people could not avail benefits of their health insurance policies and asked the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) to see if such people can be covered.
A bench, comprising Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh, said a large number of people could not receive benefits under their policies as they could not get a hospital bed. This cannot be termed as their fault, as the situation arose due to the dearth of medical infrastructure, it said, asking the sector regulator to discuss with insurance companies, the terms and conditions under which such people could be covered.