The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed the Delhi government’s September 13 order that directed private hospitals in the national capital to reserve 80 per cent of ICU beds for COVID-19 patients.
The petition was filed by the ‘Association Of Healthcare Providers’ to quash the order. A single judge bench of the High Court presided by Justice Navin Chawla stayed the order.
The court came down heavily on the Aam Aadmi Party government and sought to know if other (non-COVID) patients had a right to life.
Senior advocate Maninder Singh, representing the association, said the 33 private hospitals are its members and the Delhi government’s order shall be quashed as it was passed in an irrational manner and is ex-facie perverse.
He said the order has to be stayed immediately as it puts someone’s life in danger and it will be criminal on the part of the hospital to…