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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH, A.D.MARIA CLETE, J
S.Gurushankar – Appellant
Versus
Chief Secretary – Respondent
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| 1. need for bone marrow transplant facilities in tamil nadu. (Para 2 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. importance of bmt procedures for health. (Para 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 3. state's obligation to provide health facilities despite financial constraints. (Para 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 4. judicial direction for establishment and funding of medical facilities. (Para 16 , 17 , 20) |
ORDER :
M.S.RAMESH, J.
In both these Public Interest Litigations, the core issue that requires to be addressed is with regard to the absence of guidelines in respect of the standards of medical and infrastructural facilities to be made available in all the Government Hospitals in the State of Tamil Nadu in general and for establishment of Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) facilities in the Government Hospitals in particular. Hence, a common order is passed.
2. The case revolves around the basic fact that apart from the Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital, Chennai (RGGH) and Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Egmore (ICHHC), no other Government Hospital has the facility of free BMT services in the State of Tamil Nadu. It is also brought to our attention that the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JI
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