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Allahabad HC Seeks Replies on UP Private Hospital Regulation
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has sought replies from the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government on laws regulating private hospitals and clinics in the state. The court also asked…
The Story in Brief
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has sought replies from the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government on laws regulating private hospitals and clinics in the state. The court also asked Uttar Pradesh to disclose whether such a mechanism exists and to provide district-wise details of medical facilities, including ventilators.
The division bench passed the order on a 2016 public interest litigation filed by NGO We the People. An additional chief secretary appeared before the court. The state must submit the requested information through a supplementary affidavit before the next hearing on September 21. The court has also sought details of specialised hospitals and ventilator-trained staff recruited over the past five years.
The Indian Opinion
Claims that private healthcare is either completely unregulated or already adequately monitored are both too broad. The court’s questions point to a more basic problem: the public does not have a clear, state-wide account of who regulates facilities, what standards apply and whether hospitals have the staff and equipment they claim. The useful test will be whether the September 21 filing provides verifiable district-wise data, not assurances alone.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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