The Supreme Court on Sunday asked the Centre to rectify the oxygen problem that several Delhi hospitals are facing on or before Monday. It...
The Supreme Court on Sunday asked the Centre to rectify the oxygen problem that several Delhi hospitals are facing on or before Monday. It also ordered the Centre to create a buffer stock of oxygen along with a list of states from where it can be used if the regular supply chain is disrupted.
“We direct the central government in collaboration with the states to prepare a buffer stock of oxygen to be used for emergency purposes to ensure supply lines continue to function even in unforeseen circumstances,” read the court’s order released on Sunday night.
“The location of the emergency stocks shall be decentralised so as to be immediately available if the normal supply chain is disrupted to any hospital for any reason,” it said. “The emergency stocks shall be created within the next four days. The replenishment of the emergency stocks will also be monitored on a real-time basis through the virtual control room in active consultation with each state/UT.”
The court was hearing a suo motu case on the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. During the last hearing on April 30, the court has reserved its order in the matter.
In its order, the top court also asked the Centre to formulate a national policy on hospital admission...
