Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Monday directed the Ministry of Health and Directorate General of Health Services to fix up some separate laboratories for the Cancer and Kidney Dialysis patients so that they can easily test Covid-19 virus and get other treatments.
The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the direction with observation after holding hearing on five separate writ petitions filed in this regard.
The court also directed the two government bodies to conduct an inquiry into the allegations of refusal to pay treatment by the hospitals and clinics which were mentioned in the writ petitions and asked to submit a report in the court by July 21.
The court also asked the bodies to open an online system for complaining over refusal of pay treatment to any patient.
It also asked the drug administration to fix up the maximum retail price (MRP) of the oxygen cylinder within 10 working days, said barrister Aneeq R Haqaue, concerned lawyer of the petition.
Besides, the court observed that if the private hospitals or clinics impose abnormal charge for the treatment or incentive care unit (ICU) service then a patient could complain in the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) if he/she wants.
Meanwhile, Health Secretary and Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services submitted a report in the court complying with its earlier order passed on June 15 this year.
In the report the two government officials claimed that they didn’t receive any complain from any patient for refusing treatment by any hospitals.
Following the writ petitions, the HC on June 15 demanded a report from the Health Secretary and the Director General of Directorate General of Health Services if all the government and private hospitals and clinics were following the guidelines to real Covid-19 and non-Covid patients equally.
And what steps have been taken against those hospitals and clinics for their failure to execute the guidelines should be mentioned in the report.
After submitting the report by Health Secretary and Director General of Health Services on June 30, the court fixed July 6 for further hearing.
The writ petitions were filed by Barrister Mahfuzur Rahman Milon, Advocate Manzill Murshid, Advocate Yadia Zaman, Barrister Aneeq R Haqaue, Advocate AM Jamiul Hoque, Advocate Md Nazmul Huda, Advocate Md Mehdi Hassan and Barrister AKM Ehsanur Rahman recently.
