Lt. Gov Anil Baijal directs authorities to ensure treatment to all irrespective Delhi residence; CM Kejriwal calls it God’s wish

As petitions mounted to challenge the Delhi Government’s move to reserve state-run hospitals and private hospitals for COVID-19 treatment of only “bona-fide residents” of Delhi, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal has issued an order directing all authorities concerned to ensure that medical treatment is not be denied to any person on the grounds of being a non-resident of Delhi.

The Order has been issued by Baijal in his capacity as the Chairperson of Delhi Disaster Management Authority.

While recognizing “Right to Health” as an integral part of “Right to Life” under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, the Order states,

“..all Government and private hospitals and nursing homes situated in the NCT of Delhi have to extend medical facilities to all COVID-19 cases coming for monitoring/treatment without any discrimination (of being a non-resident of NCT of Delhi)..”

In response to the Lieutenant Governor’s Order, Delhi Chief Minsiter Arvind Kejriwal has tweeted that it was perhaps God’s wish that the Delhi Government serve the entire nation.