The Uttarakhand high court has allowed a cancer patient currently in prison to avail of all necessary medical facilities and to have his wife or close relative stay with him in the hospital during treatment. According to the case details, the petitioner Suresh stated through his advocate that he is currently serving out a sentence in prison. He is stated to be suffering from advanced stage of cancer. The petitioner had appealed that his treatment should be facilitated in the civil hospital in Roorkee, in addition to which the services of Ganga Ram hospital and Rajiv Gandhi cancer hospital, Delhi should also be taken in his treatment. Considering the conditions of the case, the high court stated that the jail inmate suffering from cancer should be provided. The court directed the state Government that along with the necessary medical facilities, an ambulance should also be arranged for taking the petitioner to Delhi. The petitioner should also be exempted from being sent back to jail till he is fit. In addition to this, a close family member should also be allowed to stay with him during his treatment. The case was taken up for hearing by the division bench of justice Rajiv Sharma and justice Sharad Sharma.