{"id":228887,"date":"2020-04-30T16:15:18","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T10:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=228887"},"modified":"2020-05-08T10:27:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T04:57:25","slug":"gau-hc-make-atleast-2-testing-labs-functional-provide-ppes-identify-icu-facilities-etc-court-gives-directions-to-state-for-tackling-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/30\/gau-hc-make-atleast-2-testing-labs-functional-provide-ppes-identify-icu-facilities-etc-court-gives-directions-to-state-for-tackling-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Gau HC | \u201cMake atleast 2 testing labs functional, provide PPEs, identify ICU facilities, etc.\u201d: Court gives directions to State for tackling COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Gauhati High Court:<\/b> A Division Bench of Songkhupchung Serto and S. Hukato Swu, JJ. gave certain limited directions to the State Government and other authorities regarding handling the COVID-19 situation in the State. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">The Court was considering a PIL through which certain concerns regarding actions already and which are yet to be taken by the State Government regarding COVID-19 were sought to be brought the Court\u2019s notice for issuing necessary directions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Having heard the petitioner and the respondents, the Court was of the view that at this stage, it would be sufficient if notice is issued to the respondents and limited directions as mentioned below are issued:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">1. Make at least 2 (two) testing labs of COVID-19 functional within 10 (ten) days from today and make every effort to establish other labs at strategic places in the State to facilitate free testing in the near future. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">2. Provide sufficient number of PPEs which are of the standard quality prescribed by the appropriate authority to all persons who are involved in the treatment of COVID-19 patients and in the looking after of persons in quarantine centres. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">3. Make all efforts to make ICU facilities at all places identified for treatment of COVID-19 infected persons and also increase the number of ventilators so as to facilitate treatment in times of need. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">4. Make ambulance available to the patients of COVID-19, at the earliest, if not already made available and to also make available transportation facilities to all persons who are in the line of duty, in view of the constraints and restraints imposed both by the Government and the public. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">5. See to it that under no circumstance or circumstances there should be any shortage of trained personnel for treatment of the COVID-19 patients and those who are quarantined. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">6. Gear up and make sure that the 2 (two) main hospitals which have been identified for treatment of COVID-19 patients i.e. one at Kohima and one at Dimapur are fully equipped and ready for functioning to meet the challenge or challenges posed by the COVID-19 within a period of 2 (two) weeks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">It was also directed that the State and other respondents will file their affidavit showing their level of preparedness and also a statement showing the materials already supplied for the personnel who are on the line of duty. [Kikrukhonuo v. State of Nagaland, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/W5v0CQMW\"><b>2020 SCC OnLine Gau 1370<\/b><\/a> , dated 27-4-2020]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Songkhupchung Serto and S. 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