Hearing on various PILs seeking improvement of facilities in Covid hospitals and quarantine centres, the Uttarakhand high court has directed the state government to appoint additional doctors, nurses and other staff in Sushila Tiwari Government Medical College hospital and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh. Further, the court also directed the government to form mobile enforcement patrolling units to enforce the wearing of masks and social distancing in public. Directing the state government to follow the recommendations of the monitoring committees, the division bench of acting chief justice Ravikumar Malimath and justice Ravindra Maithani set the next date for the hearing of the matter on November 25.
During the hearing on Saturday, the monitoring committees presented their recommendations in the court. It will be recalled that advocate Dushyant Mainali, Dehradun resident Sacchidanand Dabral and advocate DK Joshi had filed separate PILs seeking better facilities in quarantine centres and Covid hospitals.In the past, in the matter of the condition of quarantine centres, the district legal service authority secretary had submitted his detailed report in the court. It was stated in the report that all quarantine centres in the state were in an undesirable condition and that adequate arrangements had not been made by the government for the returnees in such centres. Taking cognisance of this, the high court had formed district monitoring committees for regular monitoring of Covid hospitals and sought recommendations from them.
Sunday, 01 November 2020 | PNS | Nainital
