INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday advised the additional solicitor general representing the Union Government to ensure that
the central government supplied 600 metric tonne of oxygen as also enough of the life-saving drugs and vaccines to the Telangana
of 55 MT of oxygen from a unit at Perambadur of Tamil Nadu, a division bench of the Telangana High Court headed by Chief Justice Hima Kohli
advised the Centre to take up the matter with the authorities in Tamil Nadu so as to ensure that there is no hindrances in the supply of
court has examined the data as to how much of the oxygen was supplied to the state since April 25
It found fault with the director of the medical health department for his failure to inform the court as to the extent of demand for oxygen
The court sought details as regards the quantity of oxygen being supplied to private hospitals and government hospitals and what is the
shortfall of oxygen.Director of health has only submitted that there is the necessity of 600 metric tonnes of oxygen in Telangana State,
court that there is a daily requirement for 25,000 vials of remdesivir in Telangana, whereas, an average of 4,300 vials are allotted to the
state by the Union government.Public health director Dr Srinivasa Rao submitted that people from other states are also coming to Hyderabad
and other cities in Telangana for treatment due to the best medical facilities available in this state
Some 35 per cent of the patients being treated for Covid in Telangana came from other states, he said and stressed that there is a higher
demand for oxygen and life-saving drugs
government on its vaccination programme
The court took note of the prevailing confusion among the citizens due to the huge shortfall in vaccine supply even for the second dose for
the age-group of above 45 plus
procure the vaccines directly from the manufacturers
Only 3.03 lakh doses of vaccines have been allotted to the state by the Centre in May so far, and this will be used as the second dose for
those above 45 years.Apart from this, the Union government has allotted some quota to private hospitals directly from manufacturers
But he was unable to cite the figures as to how much would be allotted to private hospitals.The court expressed its dissatisfaction on the
