Supreme Court Seeks Independent Inquiry into the Tragic Nashik Oxygen Leak Case, Which Claimed 24 Lives

CASE AT HAND

• Recently, A PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking an independent judicial enquiry into the tragic Nashik oxygen leak case that consumed the lives of about 24 patients on the 21st of April, 21.
• This PIL petition has been filed by a Mumbai based NGO, Save Them India Foundation through Advocate Vishal Tiwari after a leak in the main medical oxygen tank disrupted the supply of the gas at Dr. Zakir Hussain Hospital in Maharashtra's Nashik on Wednesday.

PETITIONERS CONTENTIONS

• In this case Petitioner alleges that the incident was the result of negligent action of the hospital authorities.
• Petitioner seeks registration of a FIR in the matter under Sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) along with 304A (Causing death by negligence) of IPC
• The Petitioner talks about the shortage in supply of oxygen, and essential anti-viral drugs like Remdesivir, etc
• The Petitioner also brings to light the administered distribution policy for the remdesivir drug and medical oxygen has actually resulted in the greater consequence in the form of illegal black market and illegal hoarding leading to greater arbitrary rise of price and such is not reaching to each and every citizen of the country.
• The Petitioner has urged that a direction be made to all the State Governments to channelize and administer the distribution policies of medical equipment and to formulate a High powered Committee in every State which shall monitor distribution of medical facilities like Oxygen Supply, Allocation of Hospital Beds and Supply of Remdesivir Drug

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