Supreme Court today disposed of the petition filed by Dr Arushi Jain, seeking separate residential facilities, closer to hospitals, for doctors treating patients affected by the novel Coronavirus & better health facilities for frontline workers and granted liberty to petitioners to approach the Delhi HC.
The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to place before the Court, the guidelines and the Standard Operating Procedure issued by the State for disposal of PPE kits being used in wake of COVID-19.
The Orissa High Court has advised doctors to write the names of drugs prescribed in capital letters or in a legible manner to help in easily deciphering them, their doses, strength, and also the frequency of use.
The Tripura High Court has directed the state police to record statements and conduct an identification parade (TI) to identify persons who had attacked West Tripura district surveillance officer Sangita Chakraborty
Even though recovery is the rule rather than the exception in the case of this pandemic, irrational fears among healthcare workers have affected the treatment of these patients
The High Court of Delhi has directed the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to disburse the outstanding salaries of Resident and PG Doctors of Hindu Rao Hospital and Kasturba Hospital which is pending since March 2020.
Today, the Government of India has filed the counter affidavit before the Supreme Court on the Writ Petition filed for separate residential facilities for doctors treating COVID19 patients.