COVID19-Inform About Steps Taken, Testing Facilities, Availability Of Oxygen Cylinders, Remdesivir Injection Etc: AP High Court To State

The Bench of Chief Justice Arup Kumar Goswami and Justice C. Praveen Kumar has also directed that the affidavit should include various facets such as:-

• Testing facilities,
• Time being taken for giving reports,
• Hospitals notified for treatment,
• Availability of Oxygen cylinders and
• Remdesivir injections etc.

Further, the Counsel for the petitioner also submitted that the State should also disclose what measures have been taken with regard to the private hospitals, which are alleged to have been demanding exorbitant fee for admission of COVID patients.

With this, the matter was listed for further hearing on Tuesday (27^th April).

In related news, observing that it was necessary to monitor the steps taken by the Government in Puducherry to deal with the current crisis, the Madras High court on Friday (23^rd April) asked the Chief Secretary to the Union Territory to file a report regarding the availability of Remdesivir, Oxygen Cylinders, Doses Of Vaccine, Ventilators etc.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (22^nd April) directed the State to ensure that anti-viral drug Remdesivir – is made available to patients at the hospital/Covid Centre itself without forcing them to run pillar to post, through a helpline number which must be operational 24/7.

Hearing the suo motu proceedings initiated by it to take stock of the surge in COVID-19 cases in the state of Gujarat, the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (20^th April) asked the state Government to come up with Reasonable Remdesivir Distribution Policy.

Days after it took note of the issue of non-availability of CT Scan machine in RIMS, the Jharkhand High Court last week expressed concern over the manner in which the State of Jharkhand has been handling the recent surge in Covid-19 cases.

A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad called it a "serious issue of concern" that while the Drug Controller submitted that Remdesivir Injection and Favipiravir Tablets were being made available to top medical shops but people were not getting them.

To know more about the steps taken by various high courts to monitor COVID-19 issues in their jurisdictions, read this exclusive report by Live Law.

How Various High Courts Have Been Monitoring COVID19 Issues In Their Jurisdictions?

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