HC forms panel to look into issues plaguing city hospitals

THE Delhi High Court on Tuesday formed an expert committee to effectively deal with the issues of "inadequate infrastructure and manpower" in the city hospitals while directing it to file a report in four weeks.

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"The court is of the opinion that huge investment as well as structural reforms in functioning of government hospitals without entering into blame game is the need of the hour," a division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan said in the order.

The bench also comprising Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed a detailed order observing that it is apparent that the infrastructure is "woefully lacking" in the hospitals in the national capital.