India Has Taken Huge Strides In Providing Medical Facilities, Courts Can’t Decide On Procurement Of Instruments In Hospitals: Delhi High Court

Observing that India has taken huge strides in providing medical facilities with latest technologies and qualified professionals at accessible costs, the Delhi High Court has said that courts cannot take decision on procurement of instruments in hospitals as it is a matter of policy.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad dismissed a public. Observing that India has taken huge strides in providing medical facilities with latest technologies and qualified professionals at accessible costs, the Delhi High Court has said that courts cannot take decision on procurement of instruments in hospitals as it is a matter of policy. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad dismissed a public interest litigation moved by one Parminder Singh seeking directions for ensuring availability of video laryngoscopes in the healthcare system to manage difficult intubation systems. Taking judicial notice of the fact that many patients from neighbouring countries come to India to avail the facilities provided by the hospitals here, the court said: “The medical facilities and the equipment that is available in the hospitals of our country are world class and are easily accessible to the public at large.