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Narayana Swamy and Anoop Chitkara JJ., took stock of the situation and laid necessary directions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The present petition has been filed as the Government of India has directed the State Governments to convert PHCs into 30 bedded ICU hospitals with oxygen facilities and therefore State Government is supposed to submit what steps have been taken to convert these PHCs into ICU hospitals with oxygen facilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court thus directed <em>\u201cthe State Government to make submission as to what steps the State Government has taken to convert these PHCs into ICU hospitals with oxygen facilities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court further taking stock of the situation regarding RTPCR tests in the State observed if the RTPCR tests are not conducted in war footing i.e. more than twenty to thirty thousand per day then the fatalities will proportionately go higher and by the time the RTPCR test is conducted, the incubation period will exceed and that may go out of control of the Government. The Court held <em>\u201cthe Government has again to accelerate its work in combating the COVID-19.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On submission made by Mr. Ajay Vaidya that some makeshift hospitals with oxygen facilities having 1000 beds have been opened and thus the Court directed <em>\u201cdecentralized opening of ICU beds by converting PHCs is of paramount importance.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms. Sneh Bhimta submitted about non-availability of ICU beds in Kullu and Lahul &amp; Spiti, the Court directed \u201cState Government to make submission as to whether ICU beds are provided to the COVID patients in both the aforesaid areas.\u201d[Court on its Own Motion v. State of HP, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/5p2d3mr8\"><b>2021 SCC OnLine HP 4683<\/b><\/a>, decided on 25-05-2021]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Arunima Bose, Editorial Assistant has reported this brief.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Appearances<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Counsel for Petitioner: Mr. B.N. Misra and Ms. Vandana Misra<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Counsel for Union: Mr. Balram Sharma<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Counsel for State: Mr.Ajay Vaidya<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Counsel for the intervener: Mr.Bimal Gupta and Ms. Sneh Bhimta and Ms.Yogesh K. Chandel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of L. 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