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LAHORE: A four-member bench, headed by Lahore Excessive Court docket (LHC) Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan sought all particulars from the federal and provincial governments, by March 24, on the medical services being offered for the coronavirus pandemic.
The bench, initially comprising of 5 judges, was constituted on March 19 for listening to issues associated to coronavirus within the nation. The LHC CJ, following the sensitivity of the continuing pandemic, commenced proceedings regardless of the absence of the fifth member of the bench Justice Shujaat Ali Khan.
Justice Ayesha A Malik, Justice Shahid Jamil Khan and Justice Muhammad Sajid Mehmood Sethi have been the opposite members of the bench.
The bench, issuing discover to the federal authorities, sought an in depth report on what measures the federal authorities had taken to deal with the virus risk. These particulars included the medical services being offered at quarantine centres, the efforts the federal government had taken on provision of testing kits and whether or not the federal government devised any mechanism to classify the suspects and confirmed coronavirus sufferers at mentioned centres.
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The bench’s focus was on the suitable measures the federal government had taken to forestall the transmission of the virus. The LHC CJ additionally raised a query over the medical preparations taken on the quarantine centre in Bahawalpur.
What preparations had the federal government taken when the suspects and confirmed sufferers have been transported from established quarantine centres, Justice Qasim requested.
“Why do you not define categories between suspects and confirmed patients and why are both categories not being treated differently.””
He additionally requested the representatives of the provincial authorities as to why these classes of sufferers certain to take a seat in a bus once they have been being dropped at their respective areas. “Are we following the same standards, set by the international community, or are we following a different set of standards?”
Responding to Justice Qasim, Punjab Main and Secondary Healthcare Secretary Muhammad Usman replied that it isn’t doable for us to observe worldwide requirements in our case. “The government took appropriate and abrupt measures and the medical facilities were being provided to the patients.”
Revealed in The Specific Tribune, March 21st, 2020.
