Have To Reserve Beds For PM, President, Says Court On Plea For Transparency

The court made the reference of reserving beds for certain categories of people while hearing a plea calling for a centralised and transparent system to help COVID-19 patients locate a bed in the hospitals.

The Delhi High Court Friday said beds have to reserved in hospitals for treatment of certain categories of people like the President and Prime Minister of the country. "We can understand if there are some beds which are not used, there will be such situation. If the Prime Minister of India or the President needs treatment, you have to keep a bed reserved for him in a hospital. That category has to be there. You can't say no," a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh said. Responding to the remarks of the bench, senior advocate Vivek Sood, appearing for the petitioner, said certainly that category has to be there but emphasised he was only talking about commoners where VIP culture is being followed. The court made the reference of reserving beds for certain categories of people while hearing a plea calling for a centralised and transparent system to help COVID-19 patients locate a bed in the hospitals which are following a "VIP culture" of allocation beds here.