Chandra Shekhar Azad should be given treatment at AIIMS: Delhi Court

  • Delhi court directed that Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad should be given treatment at AIIMS for his special medical conditions.
     
  • CMM Arul Varma said,  "It is the duty of the state to preserve life whether a person is incarcerated or outside prison."

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  • The Court was considering his application for medical treatment. 
     
  • The application states that Azad was suffering from polycythemia, and "requires continuous checkup from the doctors concerned from AIIMS, who are supervising his treatment for a long time".
  • If the treatment was not provided urgently to Azad, it might lead to cardiac arrest, the application further read.