Coronavirus | Compensation is less for polling officers who died during U.P. Panchayat polls: Allahabad HC
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A two-judge bench comprising Justice Siddharth Verma and Justice Ajit Kumar made this statement whereas listening to a PIL on the unfold of the pandemic within the State
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday noticed that the quantity of compensation for polling officers, who died as a result of COVID-19 during Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh, is very less and the compensation should not less than be to the tune of ₹1 crore.
A two-judge bench comprising Justice Siddharth Verma and Justice Ajit Kumar made this statement whereas listening to a Public Interest Litigation on the unfold of the pandemic within the State and situations of quarantine centres.
“To compensate the loss of life of the family’s bread earner and that too because of a deliberate act on part of the State and the State Election Commission to force them to perform duties in absence of RT-PCR support, the compensation must be at least to the tune of ₹1 crore. We hope that the State Election Commission and the government will rethink the amount of compensation and come back to us on the next date fixed,” it noticed.
On the loss of life of 20 sufferers in a hospital in Meerut, the Court noticed that even when it is a case of suspected COVID loss of life “we are of the view that all such cases of death should be taken as COVID-19 deaths and no hospital can be permitted to hold these cases as non-COVID-19 cases so as to reduce number of COVID deaths in that hospital”.
The Court directed the principal of Medical College, Meerut to return with precise stories of these 20 deaths — from COVID testing and SpO2 standing — on the time of admission which was recorded by the hospital.
The principal knowledgeable the court docket that previous to their loss of life, the 20 individuals had been admitted to the hospital. While three of them had COVID-19 optimistic stories, the remaining had been given antigen checks which turned out to be unfavorable.
According to him, the 20 deaths can’t be attributed to COVID as these had been solely suspected circumstances.
On complaints of individuals in varied district concerning non-cooperation of presidency and personal hospital workers, and the district administration, the court docket directed that in each district of the State, a three-member Pandemic Public Grievance Committee be fashioned.
This committee shall come into existence inside 48 hours of passing of the order and mandatory directives will probably be issued by the U.P. Home Chief Secretary to all district magistrates.
“No details have been given regarding food supplied to the hospitals for Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 categories. The only fact stated is that 100 is allocated per patient in Level 1 hospital. It is a well-known fact that the COVID patients need highly nutritious food that should include fruits and milk daily. We fail to understand how with ₹100 per capita budget the government is managing three meals in Level 1 hospital with 2,100 required calories,” it noticed.
Advocate Amrendra Nath Tripathi had filed an intervention software on behalf of Sun Hospital, Lucknow with a plea that in response to the present trigger discover issued by the authorities, a reply was instantly submitted on May 5 earlier than 5 p.m. however no receiving was given to them by the authorities.
On May 1 and a pair of, there was no provide of oxygen cylinders to the hospital by the district administration and completely false statements got by the district Justice of the Peace concerning the oxygen provide to the hospital, the advocate mentioned.
He submitted that as an alternative of contemplating the reply and verifying information, the Lucknow district Justice of the Peace rushed to lodge an FIR in opposition to the hospital to point out compliance with the Court’s order.
The Court directed the State to think about the identical and get mandatory data from the district Justice of the Peace involved and file an affidavit in reply to the intervention software by the following date fastened.
“In the meantime, however, until we finally decide the matter on the question of show cause notice and its reply and the action pursuant thereto taken against the hospital, no coercive measures shall be taken against the Sun Hospital and its staff pursuant to the FIR lodged,” the Court mentioned “Now coming to the issue of medical treatment given to late Justice V.K. Srivastava, the documents show that he was advised life-saving drug Remdesivir. However, the papers do not show whether he was actually administered Remdesiver on the first day and the subsequent two days,” it mentioned.
The Court mentioned the paperwork present that till 7:20 p.m. of April 24 he had no problems and it was after this his scenario began deteriorating.
“Prima facie, we are of the opinion that since the records are not a complete guide in this case, the matter should be examined by a committee to be constituted by the government,” it noticed whereas fixing May 17 as the following date of listening to.
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