"It Appears You Want People To Die": High Court On Centre's COVID-19 Protocol On Remdesivir

COVID-19 India: "It appears you want people to die," Justice Prathiba M Singh said after the central government submitted that under the protocol being followed now only patients on oxygen support were being given Remdesivir.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday objected to a "change" by the Centre in the Covid treatment protocol related to Remdesivir use amid a shortage of the drug, saying "it appears you want people to die". "This is wrong. This is a complete non-application of mind. Now people who do not have oxygen will not get Remdesivir either." "It appears you want people to die," Justice Prathiba M Singh said after the central government submitted that under the protocol being followed now only patients on oxygen support were being given Remdesivir. The court also said it will consider later whether a medical committee should review if the protocols or guidelines for administering Remdesivir need any modification.