The Nagpur division bench comprising Justices Ravi Deshpande and Pushpa Ganediwada said that the main issue which required the court’s attention is making ventilators and beds available to patients so as to reduce the death rate.
“We want all doctors and paramedical staff to rise to the occasion of the severity of the situation and make themselves available 24×7 in this pandemic situation,” the court said. “We do not want a situation where patients are required to travel from one hospital to another to secure a bed in the ICU, ventilated beds or go to another hospital due to non-availability of doctors and medical
staff,” the bench said.
The court has also said that if a hospital cannot accommodate a patient, the authorities should
help the patient reach another hospital. Patients cannot be denied admission to a hospital on the ground of non-avail- ability of medical and paramedical staff, the court added
