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Pandemic hits its second wave in India with more than 25000 cases reported in the day in the capital with the increase in the cases Delhi high court is concerned with the situation of Delhi healthcare infrastructure. Bad position of Delhi hospitals with few beds and lack of oxygen availability, the daily wage workers are facing the most problem, the bench of Justices Rekha Palli and Vipin Sanghi directed the Delhi government to provide food to daily wagers at their worksite and to utilize the service of mid-day meal contractors towards this end. The court was hearing a petition by Advocate Rakesh Malhotra who moved Court over the alleged pressure on testing laboratories from the government to submit reports within 24 hours of testing and over the shortage of oxygen for critical and needy patients, the Court said, "It's not like they are deliberately delaying reports. Everything is stretched because capacities are not there. Capacities are now be created. Let us try to deal with the situation in a positive way. It is not adversarial."Defending the government's decision, counsel for the Delhi government Rahul Mehra said that there is an unprecedented spike, and therefore the government has to take various steps ."If the government says there are no limits, there might be some that'll take advantage of the situation, and it will spill over to 3rd or 4th day," he explained, further, The court asked Mehra, "If such a threat is actually issued, is this the way to deal with it? What does the doctor have to gain from this? Mehra orally informed the court that although the Central Government had already taken certain steps for oxygen supply, providing a schedule ensuring supply of per day starting 20 April Upon which the counsel for Central Government, Monika Arora informed that "steps taken to increase beds were being taken everywhere, not just in hospital The court has directed both governments to clarify on affidavit the availability of beds with and without a ventilator and with and without oxygen, as well as the availability of the oxygen by tomorrow
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