The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday sought replies from the central and state governments on the implementation of regulatory laws for private hospitals and clinics across Uttar Pradesh.
The court also asked the state to disclose whether there is any regulatory mechanism for the functioning of private medical hospitals and clinics. On the court’s order, the additional chief secretary (ACS), medical education, health and family welfare department, appeared before it.
Additionally, the court sought details of medical facilities, including ventilators, in all UP districts from the state government. The court fixed the next hearing on September 21, with directions to present the information sought in the case via a supplementary affidavit.
The order was passed by a division bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by the NGO ‘We the People’ in 2016 through its general secretary Prince Lenin. The PIL sought details of ventilators required in all government hospitals and medical universities in Lucknow. The petitioner also raised other treatment related issues.
Earlier, the court directed the state government to disclose how many specialised hospitals, such as super speciality hospitals on the lines of the Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences and the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow, have been opened or are proposed to be opened in other districts so that the patients are not compelled to rush to Lucknow. The court also asked how many skilled personnel had been recruited in the past five years for operating ventilators.
{{/usCountry}}Earlier, the court directed the state government to disclose how many specialised hospitals, such as super speciality hospitals on the lines of the Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences and the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow, have been opened or are proposed to be opened in other districts so that the patients are not compelled to rush to Lucknow. The court also asked how many skilled personnel had been recruited in the past five years for operating ventilators.
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