COVID-19: HC asks BMC for details on maternity homes, clinics
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta andJustice Amjad Sayed on Friday was hearing a petition filed byone Mohiuddin Vaid raising concerns over an incident atstate-run J J Hospital where a pregnant woman was deniedadmission, as she did not have a report certifying her asCOVID-19 negative.
The petitioner sought directions to the government andcivic bodies to put in place appropriate measures for pregnantwomen during the pandemic.
However, the state government, in its affidavit,claimed that no such incident was reported at J J Hospital.
BMC counsel Anil Sakhare told the court that a numberof maternity homes and clinics in the city were catering topregnant women.
The court then directed the civic body to file anaffidavit with names and particulars of maternity homes andclinics in the city that were attending to pregnant women.
The state's affidavit should also mention the numberof deliveries that had taken place at these maternity homesand clinics over the past couple of weeks, the bench said.
The matter was posted for further hearing on May 22. SPARU ARU