Covid-19:High Court of Telangana continues its bashing upon the state government

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 05:57 PM

High Court of Telangana continues its bashing upon the state government

The High Court of Telangana continues its bashing upon the state government with regards to handling of Covid-19 pandemic. It has been summing up the top officials at regular intervals to find out of about the action taken to the orders issued by the High Court. Top officials including chief secretary Somesh Kumar attended hearing of the pleas through video-conference.


A High Court bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy was hearing a batch of PIL petitions related to Covid-19. Since the state accorded some privileges to private hospitals, the latter were bound to provide free treatment to poor patients. The CJ instructed the government to confirm how many poor persons affected by Covid-19 were treated by the private hospitals in the state. The authorities must examine lapses of private hospitals if the latter were found to have not extended medical treatment to poor Covid-19 patients.



If any private hospital fails to comply with the GOs issued by the state, drastic action should be initiated against it albeit in accordance with law, the bench said. The process of cracking whip against private hospitals for any omissions, commissions and faulty functioning should go on. The bench instructed the government to examine the applications filed by NGOs seeking permission to establish Covid-19 isolation centres and take a call on them within two weeks, the CJ said.

Telangana High Court on Thursday said the state government should contemplate issuing orders or circulars on the lines of Delhi government reserving some beds in private hospitals for the treatment of poor. The government should specify difficulty, if any, in issuing such orders, the bench said.



The CJ said the statement of World Health Organisation that India was yet to hit the peak of Covid-19 positive patients was startling. "Most of us believe that we took full precautions against Covid-19, but it seems that it is going to be long-drawn battle," the CJ observed.