HC: Height of greed, no oxygen for hospitals, steel plants running

New Delhi, April 21

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to forthwith provide oxygen by whatever means to the hospitals in the national capital which are treating serious Covid patients and are facing scarcity of oxygen.

“Why is the Centre not waking up to the gravity of the situation? We are shocked and dismayed hospitals running out of oxygen but steel plants are running,” the high court said.

A Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli said responsibility to ensure oxygen supply is squarely on the Union Government shoulders and if necessary, entire supply of oxygen to industries, including steel and petroleum, can be diverted for medical usage.

“If Tatas can divert oxygen they are generating for their steel plants to medical use, why can’t others? This is the height of greed. Is there no sense of humanity left or not,” the court observed. The court was hearing a plea with regard to urgent need of oxygen in some Delhi hospitals. — PTI