Ensure No Wastage Of Genuine Remdesivir Injections: Madhya Pradesh High Court To Govt
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (May 17) directed the State Government to ensure that any stock of genuine Remdesivir injections does not go waste.The Bench of Chief Justice Mohd. Rafiq and Justice Atul Sreedharan was hearing a writ petition in the form of public interest litigation filed by one Lakhan Sharma with the prayer that:The respondents-authorities be directed to provide...
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (May 17) directed the State Government to ensure that any stock of genuine Remdesivir injections does not go waste.
The Bench of Chief Justice Mohd. Rafiq and Justice Atul Sreedharan was hearing a writ petition in the form of public interest litigation filed by one Lakhan Sharma with the prayer that:
- The respondents-authorities be directed to provide the recovered/seized Remdesivir injection for being distributed to general patients and
- Before distribution of the Remdesivir injections for public use, approval from medical experts should be obtained whether the same is fit for use.
- Respondents be directed to have transparency in the method of distribution of the Remdesivir injections which should be monitored by a judicial body.
As regards the first prayer, the Court asked the respondents to immediately take a decision so as to ensure that any stock of genuine Remdesivir injections does not go waste.
However, regarding the other issues in the writ petition, the Court noted that they had already been agitated before the Court and were being examined in the main petition being Writ Petition No.8914/2020 (PIL) [In Reference (Suo Motu) vs. Union of India and others] and, therefore, a separate petition for the same cause need not to be entertained.
In related news, the Bombay High Court yesterday pulled up both the Central government and the State of Maharashtra for their response to allegations of drugs like Remdesivir and Tocilizubam being procured and distributed by politicians and celebrities while the State continues to complain about a shortage in official supply.
The Bench confronted the Maharashtra government for only issuing show-cause notices to actor Sonu Sood's foundation and MLA Zeeshan Siddiqui, and not submitting a report before the Court, as directed. Further, the court also asked why the statements of these people have not been recorded yet.
Further, the Delhi High Court on May 17 took exception to politicians and legislators stocking COVID medicines and drugs.
"Politicians have no business to hoard medicines", the Court said.
A division bench comprising of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh also directed that such medicines must be surrendered to Director General of Health Services for distributing the same to Government Hospitals for the Treatment of poor and needy persons.
Also, the Jharkhand High Court last month directed the State's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to keep strict vigil in black marketing of medicines and charging extra rate for Beds in hospitals, both in private as well as government.
A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad was hearing suo moto proceedings initiated to take the stock of the State Government's preparedness to deal with COVID emergency.
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