THE Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to ensure that the advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) service is installed on the Delhi High Court premises before December 6, 2022. The division bench of Justices Manmohan and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed this order while hearing a suo motu petition on the requirement of basic life support systems in public places.
Earlier, during the course of hearing on the issue, the standing counsel for the Delhi High Court had submitted a status report on behalf of the registrar general of the Delhi High Court. The report stated that ACLS facilities are unavailable at the Saket, Dwarka, Karkardooma and Rouse Avenue courts.
The Dwarka court, which neither has an ACLS or Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) facility, will require a completely new infrastructure and manpower to establish such facilities, the report stated.
The report further said that the Patiala House Courts and the Rohini court do not have the physical infrastructure for setting up an ACLS centre. It stated that the Tis Hazari Court has one ACLS ambulance which is stationed daily to transport patients to nearby Delhi government-empanelled private hospitals. Similarly, the Rohini court also has one centralised accident and trauma ambulance with essential equipment, a driver and one emergency medical technician to provide 24-hour service.
During the hearing, the additional standing counsel (civil) for the Delhi government handed over the recommendation of the Delhi High Court Medical Committee for setting up ACLS facilities on High Court premises.
This story is from the October 17, 2022 edition of India Legal.
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