The decision of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday to stay the Uttar Pradesh government’s order suspending the licence of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Amethi has brought relief to the facility’s staff and those indirectly dependent on it for their survival.
A Division Bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manish Kumar said the inquiry against the hospital would go on, and asked the State government to file its counter affidavit.
The Health Department had suspended the hospital’s licence on September 18 and halted OPD and emergency services after a probe was launched into the death of a 22-year-old patient, Divya Shukla, following a surgery. The hospital, run by the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Trust headed by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, is one of the largest hospitals in Amethi.
