The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed the Aam Aadmi Party government’s order to reserve 80% of beds in intensive care units of 33 private hospitals for coronavirus patients, the Hindustan Times reported. The court said the order appeared to be “arbitrary”, “unreasonable”, and a violation of fundamental rights of the individual.
“At the time of the emergency, a patient cannot be told to run around from one hospital to another,” Justice Navin Chawla said in his order. “The disease itself cannot be the ground for discrimination [between Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 patients].”
The court also said that it will not let a single person die due to the Delhi government’s order. “You are missing what is for the good,” Chawla told the counsel for the Delhi government. “I will not let even one patient die due to this. The question is about reservation and a…
