Hospitals Directed No Covid Patient Be Refused Admission Due To Lack Of Valid ID: Centre To Supreme Court

The centre's affidavit was submitted late Sunday night in a suo motu case by the top court for ensuring essential supplies and services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

All central and state government hospitals managing COVID patients have been directed to ensure that no patient is refused admission due to lack of a valid identity card and a positive test report for coronavirus, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. In an affidavit on the points raised by the top court, the Centre submitted that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has intimated all state governments regarding the policy of setting up three-tier Health infrastructure for appropriate management of suspect/ confirmed COVID-19 cases. As the vaccination of the entire country is not possible in one stretch due to the very suddenness of the pandemic and limited availability of vaccine doses, the vulnerability is the prime consideration, it said. The centre's affidavit was submitted late Sunday night in a suo motu case by the top court for ensuring essential supplies and services during the COVID-19 pandemic.