A Delhi resident filed a public interest litigation (PIL) on Tuesday seeking judicial intervention for directing the government to provide adequate medical assistance against the H1N1 virus in the Capital. Filing a petition through counsel Sugriv Dubey,Anjana Jain said,The city hospitals operating under the respondents (the Centre and the NCT government) do not have sufficient number of physicians and nurses,besides laboratory technicians. The disease is spreading due to a lack of effective medicines and equipment,the petitioner contended. Even the medical staff is not being given protective masks there is an acute shortage in Delhi hospitals, the petitioner added. Jain alleged that the government has failed to take enough measures at the IGI Airport or issue guidelines to schools to tackle the spread of the infection.
