Delhi HC Seeks Sonam Medical Reports, Defers Shift Plea

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Safdarjung Hospital here to file Sonam Wangchuk's pathological reports and health bulletins and said that it would take a call on Tuesday on the plea by the fasting activist's wife Gitanjali Angmo to shift him to a private facility.

The bench was hearing an appeal by Angmo against a Sunday order of the high court refusing to interfere with his ongoing treatment at the central government hospital.

"The report should include today's sample analysis", said the



bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia It said it would take a call on Tuesday on whether to allow Angmo's plea to shift Wangchuk to a private facility. 

Angmo has challenged a single judge's Sunday order which refused to interfere with the activist's ongoing treatment at Safdarjung Hospital. The bench asked the In-charge director of AIIMS as well as the AIIMS emergency doctor treating Wangchuk to be present at the hearing, and also sought the presence of the doctor who was treating him earlier.