DGauhati High Court, Kohima bench has asked the state government to ready at least two COVID-19 testing labs within 10 days.
Acting on a PIL filed by V Suokhrie, a division bench of Justice Songkhupchung Serto and Justice S. Hukato Swu ordered the state government to “make at least two testing labs of Covid-19 functional within 10 days”.
The court had ordered the state government to gear up and make sure that the two main hospitals, one in Kohima and the other in Dimapur, are ready for functioning. The court also directed the government to “make every effort to establish other labs at strategic places in the state to facilitate free testing in the future”.
The petitioner had raised questions about the state’s preparedness to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
The Court also asked the state government to provide a sufficient number of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to all healthcare workers who are treating COVID-19 patients and looking after those who are in quarantine centres.
The government was also asked to take all efforts to make Intensive Care Unit facilities at all places identified for treatment of COVID-19 infected persons and increase the number of ventilators to facilitate the treatment in times of need.