The Hon'ble Uttarakhand High Court on Friday, 25th September asserted that proper medical facility is one of the fundamental rights of every citizen. The state should provide proper medical facilities to people. The Hon'ble bench comprising Chief Justice Ravi Mali Math and Justice RC Khulbe was hearing public interest litigation granting and order to direct the respondents to implement several health schemes as proposed by the state and the centre and other relief. The court was of the perspective that the medical facilities throughout the state of Uttarakhand require to be considered.

The court noted that "There has been a constant outcry from the public with regard to the lack of proper medical facilities, especially in the hilly areas. Since a large portion of the State is situated in the hilly areas, the people living there should necessarily be accorded with at least minimum medical facilities"

Furthermore, the court asserted that establishing appropriate medical facilities also have various problems. It is these issues, the State would have to balance, namely, the medical facilities to be provided to the public on the one hand and the environment on the other to strike a balance.

The court directed the state to further particulars with regard to the following:-

* Availability of medical facilities,

* The nature of the medical facilities,

* The standard of hospitals,

* The quality of medical aid, and

* All such issues which are necessary to determine appropriate medical attention to the public at large.

This news has been reported by Urvi Yadav