The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday said that the State-level expert committee, set by the State government on the direction of the Supreme Court to monitor COVID-19 hospitals, has not performed the duties assigned to it.
If the committee was not able to perform its duties, then the State government would have to revamp the committee to activate it, the HC made it clear in its order.
“The report of the member-secretary of the committee shows that it has not discharged its duties. It appears that surprise visits to three private hospitals designated for COVID-19 treatment in Bengaluru city were done by the member-secretary alone and none of the other members of the committee inspected the hospitals,” the court observed.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar passed the order on the PIL petitions on issues related to COVID-19…