New Delhi: After the death of Corona patients, the Supreme Court has made harsh remarks on the ill treatment of their bodies. The court has said that hospitals in Delhi are in a very bad condition. The dead bodies are not maintained properly. The court sought answers from the Center, Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu in a case involving self-cognition for not properly supervising Covid-19 patients.
Citing media reports on how bodies lie in hospitals stacked against each other, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court observed that lack of beds in hospitals is an issue of concern.
“We are shocked by the deplorable manner in which many hospitals have handled COVID-19 patients’ bodies,” the court said during the hearing.
“Patients are crying with pain and there is nobody to attend. Beds will go vacant if this is how patients are treated in your hospitals,” it thundered.
A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah had on Thursday taken suo motu cognizance of reports of improper handling of COVID-19 patients and undignified disposal of victims’ bodies in Delhi hospitals.
The bench termed the situation in Delhi as “horrendous, horrific and pathetic” and reproached the Arvind Kejriwal led-government for patients being placed alongside stacks of dead bodies in the hospitals.
“Dead bodies are being put like this,what is this going on?” questioned Justice Shah.
“…If dead bodies are being treated like this, bodies are being found in garbage… People are being treated worse than animals,” the judge further said.
The court observed that in many cases, patients’ families are not even informed about deaths and haven’t been able to attend the last rites too in some cases.
The apex court noted that there is a problem with the way the pandemic was being fought in the national capital.
