The Delhi High Court on Tuesday expressed hope that the Central Government was allocating or diverting resources and medicines, like Remdesivir, based on the needs and situation of each State, otherwise “people will have blood on their hands”.
“We will be doomed,” a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli said with regard to any non-application of mind in allocation and diversion of resources and medicines.
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Chetan Sharma and Central Government standing counsel Moniika Arora told the court that medical opinion was divided on use of Remdesivir.
The Delhi HC also said economic interests cannot override human lives and in view of various hospitals in Delhi running low on oxygen, the Centre should immediately implement the ban on industrial use of oxygen instead of waiting till April 22.
“Long and short of it is that it (Remdesivir) is in short supply,” the HC said and added that giving clearance for setting up units to manufacture would not yield quick results as establishing the facilities for manufacture takes time.