In a landmark judgment in May 1996, the Supreme Court had laid down guidelines for hospitals to “ensure immediate medical attention and treatment to patients in real need”. It had laid down a set of guidelines which included increasing the facilities for giving specialist treatment at the hospitals at district and sub-division level. Reserve beds for EWSUnder the prevailing rules, private hospitals have to reserve 10% seats in Indoor Patient Department (IPD) and another 25% in Outdoor Patient Department (OPD). There are around 650 beds reserved for EWS in 45 identified private hospitals in the city. Mr. Aggarwal also pointed out that over 45% the EWS patients are from other States, who come to the Capital in hopes of getting the best medical treatment.

Source: The Hindu December 18, 2017 15:00 UTC