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Delhi High Court begins hearing petitions relating to various issues including oxygen supply arising due to the rise of COVID-19 cases in the national capital

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Delhi High Court says there is a complete failure and it is very clear that systems are not in place

HC remarks came when an advocate tells the bench that according to an RTI reply, Delhi Govt did not procure ventilators purchased in the last six months

Delhi HC says Article 21 guarantees Right to Life. HC notes that coronavirus has mutated & is proving to be lethal & ongoing wave is causing inflammation in lungs & onset of pneumonia in lungs. HC says in most cases the patient requires supervision in ICU and even a ventilator.

HC says the obligation of the State to provide sufficient infrastructure to save lives of people can't be understated and even the most economically advanced nation have found their infrastructure to be lacking to deal with a massive surge of cases

"The existing medical infrastructure in the State is being completely exposed when it is put to test. This court cannot turn away the petitioner by merely telling him that the state doesn't have the infrastructure, " HC says

HC says at the same time, there are thousands of others who are infected & have an equal claim but these people may not have the resources to approach Court. HC says it shall be the obligation of the State to provide bed with ventilator facility.

"Merely because we have passed this order, it does not give any preferential right to the petitioner," the Delhi High Court says.