On Tuesday, the High Court of Delhi dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the Central India, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) & NITI Aayog regarding reconsideration of the prevalent treatment protocol for a mild case of COVID-19 and modify the treatment protocol in COVID-19.
The Bench of Justice DN Patel & Justice Jyoti Singh dismissed the petition & also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the petitioner.
The Court showed displeasure with the petition & said the respondents have enough experts to take a decision regarding protocols.
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Chetan Sharma, appearing for the Central Govt, also opposed the petition & said various petitions are coming to the respondents & giving suggestions.
Vivek Sheel Aggarwal (Chairman, Niramaya Research) along with Dr Sanjay Jain (MS, Orthopaedics), Dr Anu Garg (MD, Paediatrics) & Bhasvar Aggarwal (Independent Researcher) are the petitioners in the PIL filed through Lawyers Praveen K Sharma & Amitesh Bakshi.
The plea said that expert also has suggested that use of Paracetamol, Antibiotics & Steroids in the treatment of COVID-19 should be restricted as rampant use of these medicines is wreaking havoc on the immune system of the body of any individual thereby leading to the deterioration of cases from mild to moderate & severe.
Appearing for petitioners, senior Advocate Sacchin Puri mentioned that there has been no clinical trial on the efficacy & safety of antipyretics usage in the treatment & management of viral infections especially COVID-19.
It also says that all the medical literature & also clinical trials in animals, suggest against the use of it & appeal to hold clinical trials.
The plea said, "The new hypothesis by Niramaya Research suggests that the immunomodulatory effects of the medication being prescribed tamper & damage the homeostatic mechanism of the human immune system leading to complications & shows the correlation of the same complications in COVID-19 related Mortalities".
The petition sought direction to ICMR to investigate & hold clinical trials & change the treatment protocols, if necessary.
It also said that the treatment protocol issued by the ICMR and practiced by doctors is totally in contrast to what the researches in top medical journals suggest that "disruption of Homeostatic Mechanisms of Immune system is caused due to the treatment protocol in mild to moderate cases in Covid-19: High Dosage of Paracetamol leads to GSH depletion, increase in oxidative stress & disruption of Homeostatic mechanisms of the immune system".
The plea also saidthat the petitioners have made representations to the respondents which have not been considered & delay in consideration of treatment protocol modification shall cost many lives.
SOURCE ; www.aninews.in
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