Introduce national policy on admissions to hospitals in two weeksThe Supreme Court, in an order released late on Sunday, directed the Centre to ensure that the deficit of oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients in the national capital should be rectified on or before the midnight of May 3. Chandrachud ordered the Centre to act “in collaboration” with States to “prepare a buffer stock of oxygen for emergency purposes and decentralise the location of the emergency stocks”. Further, there are two more crucial reasons why such a clampdown on information sharing must be absolutely stopped immediately... Sharing information widely is in itself an important tool in combating public tragedies, like the current COVID-19 pandemic,” the court highlighted. Admissions normsThe court gave the Centre 14 days to formulate a national policy on admissions to hospitals which shall be followed by all State governments.

Source: The Hindu May 02, 2021 19:24 UTC