Court also wants an update on vaccination
The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday directed the State government to submit a status report on the investigation taken up based on the First Information Report (FIR) registered in connection with the alleged blocking of beds earmarked for COVID-19 patients in hospitals.
A special division bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar issued the directions while hearing PIL petitions related to COVID-19 issues.
Earlier many advocates representing the petitioners pointed out that it is impossible to get a bed through Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s central bed management system while pointing out that some COVID-19 patients had chosen to find beds in neighbouring districts after failing to get beds in hospitals in the city.
Use facilities of armed forces, HC tells Karnataka
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Bench pulls up govt. for lack of preparation, flags shortages
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Bench pulls up govt. for lack of preparation, flags shortages
Observing that the lack of preparedness to manage a sudden surge of COVID-19 cases is a disaster on the part of the State government, the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday directed the administration to immediately get in touch with the armed forces seeking assistance in providing beds with oxygen supply facility.
“The armed forces, including Indian Air Force and the Navy, always provide help to citizens in situations likes natural disasters. and we hope that the armed forces will go out of the way to help citizens of Bengaluru city by providing beds with oxygen facility,” the High Court observed.
Oxygen cylinder distribution center Universal Gas factory at Peenya in Bengaluru.
It claimed that govt. has stock of Remdesivir but hospitals are getting only 25% of the requirement
The Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes’ Association (PHANA) on Tuesday alleged before the High Court of Karnataka that the government is supplying only 25% of the Remdesivir injections of the total requirement to private hospitals treating COVID-19 patients.
While claiming that private hospitals and nursing homes, particularly medium and small ones, are able to procure only 50% of the oxygen required to treat COVID-19 patients through private suppliers, PHANA has said that a war room, created by the government to ensure supply of oxygen, is not providing any help to the hospitals.
Number of ICU beds in government quota hits ‘zero’ on BBMP portal during court hearing
In an unprecedented and ‘scary’ moment, the number of beds available for COVID-19 patients in Intensive Care Units (ICU) in city hospitals under government quota touched ‘zero’ around 5 p.m. on Friday when the High Court of Karnataka was inquiring about availability of beds, oxygen and other facilities.
Around 4.50 p.m., the counsel for the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) was informing the court about the number of beds available under government quota in the categories of High Dependency Units (HDU), ICU and ICU with ventilator.