New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) has asked the Indian government to identify private hospitals where coronavirus-infected patients can get free treatment or at a nominal cost.
The Chief Justice S.A. Bobde-headed bench observed on Wednesday during a hearing via video-conferencing that there are several hospitals which have been granted land by state governments either free of cost or at a nominal rate. Such hospitals should provide free treatment to Covid-19 patients, said the apex court, reports PTI.
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“You identify all those hospitals and find out,” Solicitor General Tushar Mehta was told by the three-member bench which also included Justices A.S. Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy.
The matter was posted for hearing one week later.
