Delhi HC says reservation of ICU beds inhuman, asks state to take final decision before Dec 26
While observing against the reservation, the court said the government can come back later to the court in case the numbers rise again. “Today, 800-900 ICU beds are vacant. It cannot be sustained,” it said further. December 25, 2020 12:47:32 am
The committee has suggested scaling down the ICU bed reservation to 60 percent.
THE DELHI High Court Thursday said that the continuation of Delhi government’s order directing 33 major hospitals to reserve 80 percent of ICU beds for COVID-19 patents is “inhuman” and at present there should be no reservation. Following the observation, the government told the court that it will take a decision on or before December 26 on the recommendations of the committee, which has suggested scaling down the reservation to 60 percent.