PIL filed in Delhi HC seeks door-to-door COVID-19 vaccinations & helpline to book jabs

An octogenarian woman has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Delhi High Court to introduce a helpline number for registering the COVID-19 vaccine. She has also requested door to door COVID-19 vaccination for super senior and bedridden citizens in Delhi. 

What does the petition say?

Dhira Aggarwal, an octogenarian woman, through the petition stated that the super senior and bedridden citizens who are unable to go to the vaccination centres physically be provided with some assistance. The petitioner, through Advocate Manan Aggarwal claims that if she goes to the vaccine centre, she is likely to be exposed to the COVID-19, which will be life-threatening at this age. The plea says, "The petitioner also has Arthritis and is mostly bedridden for her to get up and go to the vaccine centre and to wait for her turn to get a vaccine is not possible, and due to her condition, she could not get any shot of the Covid-19 vaccine till date." 

"Many countries like Singapore, Australia already have systems in place to vaccinate old age and bedridden citizens at their homes by sending a team comprising a doctor and a nurse at home to administer the vaccine shot. The respondents must introduce a helpline number for registration of covid-19 vaccine and a policy on an urgent basis for door-to-door covid-19 vaccination for super senior and bedridden citizens in Delhi," the plea reads.

The plea is scheduled for hearing on Tuesday before the bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh.

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