Why insist on RTPCR test report to approve requisition for Remdesivir: HC asks Delhi govt, ICMR.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday requested the Delhi authorities and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) why there was an insistence on RTPCR stories to approve requisitions for Remdesivir by hospitals or people if a physician has prescribed the identical.
A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli mentioned that the courtroom had earlier additionally taken observe that on a number of events RTPCR assessments have given false-negative outcomes and due to this fact, it can’t be insisted upon to present therapy or remedy to sufferers after they in any other case exhibit signs of COVID-19 an infection.
The courtroom requested the ICMR and Delhi authorities to look into the difficulty which was raised by amicus curiae and senior advocate Rajshekhar Rao who mentioned that the drug controller’s portal exhibits that some requisitions for Remdesivir weren’t acted upon due to non-supply of RTPCR stories.
Rao advised that the requirement for paperwork on the portal must be amended to settle for Rapid Antigen Test outcomes and prescriptions by a registered medical practitioner.
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