HC asks Delhi govt to allow IHBAS to establish COVID facility ANI | Updated: May 08, 2021 16:02 IST
HC asks Delhi govt to allow IHBAS to establish COVID facility
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Saturday directed the Delhi government to consider and process the proposal of the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) to grant permission for establishing a 60 to 80-bed Covid care Section facility.
A single-judge bench of Justice Prathiba Singh said, Considering the acute shortage and severe demand for beds pertaining to COVID-19 patients and COVID-19 related facilities in the city of Delhi, the Principal Secretary, Ministry of Health, GNCTD, shall process the proposal from IHBAS, which has been sent. Copy of the proposal is also handed over to the counsel for the GNCTD.
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