"Can't Leave The Old To Die": Bombay High Court On Home Vaccination

Coronavirus: The Bombay High Court was hearing a petition filed by lawyers Dhruti Kapadia and Kunal Tiwari, seeking a direction to the centre to allow door-to-door vaccination

The Bombay High Court has criticised the centre for not allowing door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination drive. It told the centre to see if people can be vaccinated at home, especially the elderly, amid the raging second wave of the pandemic that has taken thousands of lives. The court was hearing a petition filed by lawyers Dhruti Kapadia and Kunal Tiwari, seeking a direction to the centre to allow home vaccination. The municipal agency in Mumbai has also asked for this facility to be made available as soon as possible. "There needs to be a solution. You can't leave old people like this. It's like choosing between the devil and the deep sea. You have ICU in ambulance, you can definitely manage a refrigerator (for home vaccination)," a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni said. "We expected a better affidavit from the centre. This needs a relook by your experts... When I think of my mother, the last six years of her life she was bedridden. If she would have lived in Covid times, what would she have done?" the Chief Justice said. "You can't leave the old to die."