#SupremeCourt hearing on #OxygenShortage in #Delhi underway: Centre informs that #Delhi received more than 730 MT of medical #oxygen yesterday, in compliance with the court order.
SG Tushar Mehta adds a survey last evening has revealed all major #Covid
hospitals have sufficient #oxygen & there wasn't a single complaint of stock-out. A large quantity of #oxygen received y'day is still to be distributed by #Delhi, prolonging the turn around time. S
hospitals have sufficient #oxygen & there wasn't a single complaint of stock-out. A large quantity of #oxygen received y'day is still to be distributed by #Delhi, prolonging the turn around time. S
SG Mehta's note further points out #Oxygen to #Delhi has come at the cost of demands by some other states & under the orders of the #SupremeCourt.
#SupremeCourt expresses concerns over #Delhi hospitals sending #SOSes on #OxygenShortage.
These SOSes create panic in the mind of the people, says SC.
SG Mehta asks for #Oxygen audit of #Delhi.
These SOSes create panic in the mind of the people, says SC.
SG Mehta asks for #Oxygen audit of #Delhi.
Justice MR Shah: Delhi is alright but major part of our country is rural #India. Equal distribution system to rural india is a must. What about rural India? It can't only be about big cities. Rural #India is suffering.
#COVID19
#COVID19
#SupremeCourt: How are you going to deal with the third surge?
SG Mehta: You tells us
SC: We want you to tell us how are you prepared to deal with this.
#COVID19
SG Mehta: You tells us
SC: We want you to tell us how are you prepared to deal with this.
#COVID19
SG: Whenever there's an urgent demand, we divert tankers going to some other states to #Delhi
Justice Shah: That's not right.. To take bread from somebody else..
Mehta: I repeat casualty in other states will be beyond our control when we have been ordered to give it to #Delhi.
Justice Shah: That's not right.. To take bread from somebody else..
Mehta: I repeat casualty in other states will be beyond our control when we have been ordered to give it to #Delhi.
On a suggestion by the #SupremeCourt to include the doctors waiting for #NEET & nurses who have completed their trainings, SG Mehta points out that a 3rd May office order of health ministry has already asked all states to include them in #Covid management.
#SupremeCourt suggests doctors should be incentivised by additional marks in #NEET.
SG Mehta accepts the suggestion, saying he will put it to the competent authority in the ministry.
SG Mehta accepts the suggestion, saying he will put it to the competent authority in the ministry.
Amicus Jaideep Gupta: In Himachal, they are being given ₹1500 to 3000 per day.
SG: One lawyer had also sent me this #WhatsApp but it turned out to be false. Besides, it will be more like an insult to them.
SC: So, it appears to be a fake news.
SG: One lawyer had also sent me this #WhatsApp but it turned out to be false. Besides, it will be more like an insult to them.
SC: So, it appears to be a fake news.
Sr adv Rahul Mehta appears for #Delhi Govt: All officers are answerable to L-G. Centre gets minute by minute update. So to cast aspersion on officers of Delhi may not be appropriate.
Mehra adds #Oxygen audit may not be ordered today because this might divert officers, resources.
Mehra adds #Oxygen audit may not be ordered today because this might divert officers, resources.
Rahul Mehra, for #Delhi Govt: Tankers ought to have been taken over by the Centre for an equitable distribution. Allowing the states to capture tankers wasn't right. The distribution by the Centre also shows lack of application of mind and arbitrariness.
#COVID19
#COVID19
#Delhi Govt again opposes constitution of a committee for #Oxygen audit but the court clarifies its platform won't be used for a witch-hunt or recrimination against any government, Centre or states.
"We only want to strengthen your hands," says the court.
"We only want to strengthen your hands," says the court.
Hearing resumes in the #SupremeCourt with Rahul Mehra reading out from the Centre's affidavit to say an additional 210 MT to #Delhi is less than 1% of what they have. It isn't proper for Centre to say other states will suffer because of additional supply to #Delhi, he adds.
Mehra, for #Delhi Govt, says people in #Delhi are dying & the Centre shouldn't be allowed to reduce #Oxygen supply.
Rahul Mehra submits in #SupremeCourt that Centre's allocations of #Oxygen are arbitrary & if an audit is required, it is required to examine these allocations & the tankers.
Mehra urges SC not to pass any order on #Oxygen audit today. He adds this may be against the spirit of saving lives when Centre hasn't been fair in allocation & distribution.
SG: It would be very petty on my part to respond to Mehra's accusations.But I will answer factual issues
SG: It would be very petty on my part to respond to Mehra's accusations.But I will answer factual issues
SG: I never asked to audit only #Delhi. My submission is regarding developing a system of evaluation. I've been saying from the first day there has been a systemic failure. He doesn't keep repeating people are dying. We are equally concerned.
SG: People have given mandate to this government twice. People are in the heart. But we can concerned not only about #Delhi but the entire country.
Our concerns is that there has to be a mechanism in place for proper allocation & distribution.
Our concerns is that there has to be a mechanism in place for proper allocation & distribution.
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