MUMBAI: Bombay HC on Wednesday asked the central government counsel to inform by Friday what is the policy on the protocol for senior citizens’ vaccination. The HC was hearing a PIL by advocates Dhruti Kapadia and Kunal Tiwari for helplines, user-friendly registration procedure and door-to-door jabs for the elderly, and those bedridden or physically challenged.
The PIL raises important concerns, said a bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish Kulkarni, with the latter citing how his wheelchair-bound father could not go for vaccination. The CJ said when he had suggested to the BMC chief to turn the HC medical room as a vaccination centre for lawyers and HC staff aged over 45, he said it was not possible as ICUs are required. “Where is the literature for what the BMC chief said for ICU being a must?” the HC asked. The BMC lawyer showed a document issued by the ‘State family welfare bureau, Pune’ that stipulated a ‘three-room requirement’ at
vaccination centres
and adverse events following immunization kit, as well as availability of an observation room, bed, oxygen cylinder, good data connection and a trained team.
Swati Deshpande is Senior editor at The Times of India, Mumbai, w...
Read MoreSwati Deshpande is Senior editor at The Times of India, Mumbai, where she has been covering courts for over a decade. She is passionate about law and works towards enlightening people about their statutory, legal and fundamental rights. She makes it her job to decipher for the public the truth, be it in an intricate civil dispute or in a gruesome criminal case.
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