The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Aam Aadmi Party-led government to provide data on intensive care unit beds for both Covid-19 and other patients, reported PTI. It also asked the Delhi government for details on compensation to private hospitals that were directed to reserve 80% beds for Covid-19 patients.
A division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan asked the Delhi government if sufficient number of beds were available for non-coronavirus patients. To this Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain replied that there were 1,170 private hospitals and 3,222 ICU beds in the Capital.
The court also sought a response from the Association of Healthcare Providers and the Centre on a plea, challenging the court’s September 22 ruling that stayed the Delhi government’s order of reserving 80% beds in 33 private hospitals. The court had also ruled that…