Supreme Court takes up proper treatment of COVID patients, last rites

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has taken suo moto cognizance of proper treatment of COVID-19 patients and dignified handling of dead bodies.

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.R. Shah will conduct the hearing on the matter on Friday.

Chief Justice SA Bobde took cognizance of the letter written by senior advocate Dr. Ashwani Kumar, highlighting various incidents violating the citizen's right to die with dignity amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Kumar urged the Chief Justice to take suo moto notice of news reports on incidents, where persons infected with COVID-19 were ill-treated and the dead bodies of persons, who succumbed to the infection, were not handled in a dignified manner.

He cited an indecent where an elderly man infected with Covid was tied to a bed, after he allegedly failed to clear dues for his treatment, and another where government workers allegedly threw the body of a COVID-19 positive man into a pit. (IANS) 

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