The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday said the state government should ramp up health infrastructure keeping in mind that there could be a third or even a fourth wave of coronavirus because people are not going to follow the rules regarding face mask, social distancing and sanitisation. Observing that discipline enforced in China cannot be implemented in India, a division bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and Bhargav D Karia asked the Gujarat government to ramp up infrastructure for medical facilities to deal with any fresh wave of the pandemic. The bench made the observations while hearing a suo motu PIL on the COVID-19 situation and other related issues in Gujarat. It said ramping up of health facilities, especially in rural Gujarat, should be on a long-term basis and not on short-term to address just the ongoing second wave of the pandemic.
Gujarat HC asks State to ramp up health infrastructure
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May 27, 2021 00:15 IST
“With this understanding, you have to prepare yourself,” the court told Advocate-General Kamal Trivedi during the hearing.
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“With this understanding, you have to prepare yourself,” the court told Advocate-General Kamal Trivedi during the hearing.
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday asked the State government to ramp up health infrastructure in the State keeping in mind that there could be a third or even fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The court also held that people are not following the rules and safety protocols like wearing a mask, social distancing, sanitisation, and hygiene.
Remdesivir coordination lacking between Centre, state: Gujarat HC
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The HC noted that the Union government continued to supply vials to the state in the range of 16,000 per day for the last one month while the demand was around 25,000 vials per day.
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The HC further directed the Centre to put on record the policy in place for the allocation of Remdesivir, an injection used to treat critical COVID-19 patients, to the states.
The Gujarat High Court on Monday said there appears to be lack of coordination between the Centre and the state government in the allocation of the required amount of Remdesivir injections.