Telangana High Court asks for status report of Statutory Committee on Covid-19

The Telangana High Court has on Wednesday asked the State Government to file a status report on the steps taken by the Statutory committee formed under the Disaster Management Act on the anti-Covid measures being taken up in Telangana. The direction came from two member panel comprising Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy.

The Advocate General had earlier informed the panel that nearly 1.41 Crore vaccination doses have been administered in the state. Further, keeping in mind that the high-risk groups must be vaccinated first in order to check the occurrence of a third wave, nearly 35 lakh people have been vaccinated. Keeping the possibility of a third wave in view, the Government had geared up medical facilities and ramped up infrastructure in all Government Hospitals.

Senior Counsel, L Ravichander highlighted the failure on the part of



the government to provide facilities to high-risk groups and that the report of the government did not include persons with disabilities. There should be steps taken for early detection and initiating a protocol-based treatment. The panel also took note of the submission by Chikkudu Prabhaker that a large number of nurses were disengaged even as the state was fighting the pandemic.

The Additional Solicitor General representing the Central Government submitted to the Panel that the Centre constituted a committee for deciding supply of more life-saving drugs for COVID-19 and a report shall be filed before the next date of hearing. The matter has been adjourned to August 11 for further hearing. The panel also wanted detailed report about how children hospitals will be run and facilities to their attendants if the 3rd Wave comes as predicted.