On Wednesday, the Supreme Court asked the federal government to determine the cost of the oxygen cylinders needed for Covid patients and also to design a component in this way.
A tripartite seat, headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, bestowed the titles at the request of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government while listening to a Suo Motu case on measures to deal with the Covid-19 emergency.
KP’s Advocate General told the court that vendors are charging extreme fees for oxygen cylinders, which are critical to treating fundamentally ill Covid-19 patients, as no prices have been set.
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After the head of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) separated his office from the matter, the court ordered the Ministry of Industry and Production to design an instrument within two days and determine the price of the oxygen bottles.
During the meeting, the Zenith Court also called on unacceptable reports from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Sindh government on measures to combat Covid-19.
Chief Justice Ahmed stated that the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) oxygen plant could produce a tremendous amount of oxygen, which would help professionals make it useful.
However, the additional legal advisor told the court that the oxygen system at PSM was 40 years old and that resuscitation would cost Rs 1 billion.
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The court asked the government’s lawyer to provide a detailed report on the availability of oxygen.
The Chief Justice also asked why the government had allowed imports of unregistered medicines and clinical equipment, and wondered how the government would know which items were being imported.
With this in mind, Drap authorities told the court that various clinical devices, including ventilators, are being manufactured in the country. They said there is no shortage of drugs to treat Covid-19 patients.
While raising concerns about the state of isolated outbreaks in the country, Chief Justice Ahmed urged the NDMA director to visit the offices quickly.
He said his idea was that there were inconsistencies in all of the NDMA commitments.
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He also asked why the purchases were made through the Pakistani government office in China and the charter plane was planned.
He coordinated the NDMA to come up with a report on circumstances in isolated priorities and the Minister of Health to come up with a new report on government action to combat the pandemic.
Justice Ahmed also expressed concern at the lack of Sindh’s attorney general at the present hearing.
He said the Sindh government has claimed to have spent huge amounts of money on Karachi and Covid patients, noting that “Assuming the numbers are valid, Sindh should become Paris”.
He saw that the Sindh government had also stated that it had spent $2.6 billion on education. The court asked Sindh’s attorney general for an explanation of the deficit and a report from the provincial government. Therefore the meeting was postponed for a month.
Pakistan is currently trying to contain a third influx of Covid diseases, with more than 800,000 cases and 18,000 pronounced deaths, and only a small portion of the population has been vaccinated.
After a steady increase in Covid-19 cases over a quarter of a year, a downward pattern was finally observed on Monday as both the energy ratio and the number of cases decreased.
Still, experts accept that Pakistan is facing a circumstance like the last Ramazan and that the number of cases may rise again if people ignore Covid-related SOPs, as they did on Eid opportunities a year ago.
Pakistan registered 4,113 new cases and 119 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to accurate information.
