When ??member of Delhi High Court, Ashok Agarwal, who was appointed to preside over the EWS Beds Monitoring Committee, failed to get a bed for a three-day-old infant in a private hospital, he wrote a letter to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, asking him to take strict and immediate action.
Millennium Post on Thursday had highlighted the plight of the parents struggling to get their infant admitted to a hospital.
“The hospital in Patpargunj, has 40 seats reserved for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category for free treatment. As of now, only 12 patients of EWS category are admitted in the hospital, so there should be 28 vacant beds,” said Agarwal. The committee has rights to examine the records of private hospitals and the power to recommend action on behalf of the health department of Delhi government. On Friday, as directed by the hospital, the couple went there with their newborn.
“We went there in the morning but they asked us to come on Saturday. They did not allow us to meet the nodal officer for EWS beds in the hospital,” said Guddu, the father of the child.
However, even after Agarwal followed the case up and directly came in touch with the nodal officer of the concerned hospital, Narender, the matter was not addressed.
“Though assurances have been received from Narender but nothing has been done. It is a clear case of violation of the High Court’s orders and the Delhi government’s guidelines by the hospital and warrants immediate actions against them,” said Agarwal.
In his letter to the Delhi Chief Minister, he has demanded for serious action to be taken against the
private hospital (Max Hospital, Patpargunj) for the denial of treatment to an EWS patient.
Millennium Post on Thursday had highlighted the plight of the parents struggling to get their infant admitted to a hospital.
“The hospital in Patpargunj, has 40 seats reserved for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category for free treatment. As of now, only 12 patients of EWS category are admitted in the hospital, so there should be 28 vacant beds,” said Agarwal. The committee has rights to examine the records of private hospitals and the power to recommend action on behalf of the health department of Delhi government. On Friday, as directed by the hospital, the couple went there with their newborn.
“We went there in the morning but they asked us to come on Saturday. They did not allow us to meet the nodal officer for EWS beds in the hospital,” said Guddu, the father of the child.
However, even after Agarwal followed the case up and directly came in touch with the nodal officer of the concerned hospital, Narender, the matter was not addressed.
“Though assurances have been received from Narender but nothing has been done. It is a clear case of violation of the High Court’s orders and the Delhi government’s guidelines by the hospital and warrants immediate actions against them,” said Agarwal.
In his letter to the Delhi Chief Minister, he has demanded for serious action to be taken against the
private hospital (Max Hospital, Patpargunj) for the denial of treatment to an EWS patient.