India has taken huge strides in providing medical facilities: Delhi HC

While rejecting a petition seeking the mandatory introduction of video laryngoscopes in medical colleges and other healthcare institutions, Delhi high court said that India has taken huge strides in providing medicare facilities and many patients from neighbouring countries come to receive treatment in hospitals here.

Delhi high court has rejected a petition seeking the mandatory introduction of video laryngoscopes in medical colleges and other healthcare institutions. While dismissing the petition, the court said that the country has taken huge strides in providing medicare facilities and many patients from neighbouring countries come to receive treatment in hospitals here.

“India has taken huge strides in terms of providing medical facilities and this court can take judicial notice of the fact that many patients from neighbouring countries come to India to avail the medical facilities provided by the hospitals in India. The medical facilities and the equipment that is available in the hospitals of our country are world-class and are easily accessible to the public at large," said the court.

“In fact, India is famous for its medical tourism as it combines the latest technologies with qualified professionals at accessible costs,” the high court added.

A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said the court felt the jurisdiction of Public Interest Litigation is being misused only to secure personal benefits and such PILs are an abuse of the process of law which must be discouraged, as reported by The Print.

The petition was seeking direction to the Centre, the Delhi government and the Indian Medical Association to ask these healthcare facilities to use video laryngoscopes alongside conventional laryngoscopes for teaching and training medical practitioners. 

“This court, is, therefore, inclined to dismiss the petition with a warning to the petitioner to not file such frivolous petitions in the future. It is not for the courts to take a decision whether video laryngoscope should be mandatorily made available or not," the bench said.

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