The Delhi High Court on Thursday reiterated its earlier order to the Central government to give details of doctors, in a particular field, registered with the Medical Council of India (MCI).
A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar expressed displeasure with an affidavit submitted by the Centre, which it said did not reflect the correct position of availability of doctors in city’s hospitals. The court had earlier sought a report on the ratio of the doctors and patients.
“You are filling incomplete affidavits running into multiple pages. We want a simple report comparing doctor patient ratio in the hospitals,” the Bench said.
Direction to Safdarjung
It directed the Medical Superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital to give the number of patients on two Mondays of January 2018, along with the doctors who attended to them.
On the issue of rise in violent attacks on doctors, the Bench asked the Medical Superintendent to submit a separate report on measures in place to protect the staff. It said the information should be filed directly to the court within a week and listed the case for hearing on February 1. The oral observations came during the hearing of a plea initiated by the court on its own after perusing reports on rise in attacks on doctors. It had taken note of media reports on AIIMS doctors taking self-defence training.
