Medical infrastructure in UP villages at God's mercy: Allahabad HC


Prayagraj, May 18 (IANS): The Allahabad High Court has said that the medical infrastructure in villages and small towns in Uttar Pradesh is 'Ram Bharose' (at the mercy of God).

"If this is the state of affairs of a medical college in a city like Meerut, then the healthcare system of the state, particularly in towns and villages can be likened to the famous Hindi saying - 'Ram Bharose'," the court observed on Monday, adding it was a case of "high degree carelessness".

The court was referring to the disposal of the body of a patient, Santosh Kumar, as unidentified in Meerut district hospital.

"A patient is admitted to the hospital in absolute care of doctors and paramedical staff and if they adopt a casual approach, then it is a case of serious misconduct. They are playing with the lives of innocent people. In these few months, we have realized that the state's medical infrastructure as it stands today, is very delicate, fragile and debilitated," the court observed.

Hearing a PIL on Covid care, a division bench comprising Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Ajit Kumar directed the additional chief secretary (medical and health), Uttar Pradesh, to file an affidavit, fixing responsibility in the matter.

The court fixed May 22 as the next date of hearing.

It also suggested to the government to take steps to produce vaccines on its own, while observing that "one cannot understand why the government of ours, which is a welfare state, is not trying to manufacture vaccines by itself on a large scale".

Criticizing the government for its failure to ramp up the medical infrastructure in the state, the court warned: "If we fail to identify a Covid-infected person at the earliest, we are definitely inviting the third wave."

The court suggested that facilities at all hospitals and nursing homes in the state must be improved.

"In Uttar Pradesh, apart from the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute (SGPGI) and universities like King George's Medical University and Banaras Hindu University, there are five other medical colleges, which should be equipped with modern facilities within four months. Emergency laws should be applied for land acquisition to upgrade medical infrastructure. Funds should be provided forthwith so that they graduate from a medical college to an institute at par with SGPGI," the bench said.

The court directed the state government to come up with a definitive report by the next hearing on ways to upgrade medical colleges within the deadline.

"If we have to test 30 percent of Bijnor's population in three months, which is around 10 lakhs, we will have to conduct 10,000 tests per day. But going by the district magistrate's statement, we do not see any robust testing machinery in the near future in Bijnor or five other districts.

"If this is the state of affairs, one can guess where we are leading people when the third wave of the pandemic strikes," it added.

 

  

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  • vishnu bhat, bangalore

    Tue, May 18 2021

    UP experiencing the BJP promised Ramrajya?

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  • Jagadeesh Kukkaje, Meerut U.P

    Tue, May 18 2021

    Your honor....we voted BJP for RamMandir.... Not for Medical infrastructure..

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  • VG, Bengaluru

    Tue, May 18 2021

    Perhaps SC should make an observation about country's Covid management and even state of health infrastructure! Centre should be asked what happened to the Rs 35,000 crore set apart for vaccination? If SC asks perhaps the Govt might answer or say SC should not interfere in Govt decisions! After all, no court asked the Govt how Central Vista project is justified when the country and majority of people are suffering and the vaccination producing companies are charging heavily while the people are dying due to lack of oxygen, ICU beds and medicines.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, May 18 2021

    Thank God Karnataka is far away from Uttar Pradesh ...

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  • VG, Bengaluru

    Tue, May 18 2021

    Jossey Saldanha, how can you say Karnataka is far away from UP? You must know where's Uttarakhand and where the Kumbh mela was held and what happened in different parts of the country! Further, have you forgotten the furore over Tablighi Jamaat held in Delhi last year in which according to media reports around 400 participated while in Kumbha Mela, the gathering was in lakhs - perhaps some 30 to 40 lakh and no less a person than our own PM and several State CMs participated? Yes, it is a religious ceremony and Kumbh mela is most sacred to large number of people. However, why the Kumbh Mela was held his year instead of next year as per the original schedule?

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  • arm, Mangalore

    Tue, May 18 2021

    And Yogi claims he is prepared for third wave.

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Tue, May 18 2021

    birth pangs of kumbha mela.

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  • Amaze, karkala

    Tue, May 18 2021

    But they have good facilities for GAU MATA.... recently opened health care for them with oximeter and thermal scanner at GAU SHALAS. Humans are secondary

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