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Delhi HC Orders AIIMS To Provide Free Treatment To 18-Month-Old Girl Suffering From Rare Disease Gaucher

Lawstreet Journal 31 Mar 2020 8:33pm

Image courtesy: Lawstreet Journal Judiciary Delhi HC Orders AIIMS To Provide Free Treatment To 18-Month-Old Girl Suffering From Rare Disease Gaucher

The Delhi High Court on March 23, 2020 made an order to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to provide treatment to the eighteen months old girl, who is suffering from a rare disease - Gaucher and that AIIMS shall not charge any fees from her father. 

Justice Prathiba M Singh noted that at present there isn’t any policy for dealing with a person suffering from a rare disease and how to provide treatment to those patients suffering from a rare disease. The Delhi HC ordered the Centre to file an affidavit before the next day of hearing i.e. 17th April 2020 on the current policy of the government on rare diseases. 

The Court gave its order for the treatment on March 23, 2020 and mentioned that the order needs to be communicated to the Medical Superintendent and Director of AIIMS to commence the treatment of the girl immediately. 

The petition was filed by patient’s father before the Delhi High Court pleading that they are seeking funds for her treatment and that their repeated representations made to various government authorities had not been fruitful. 

It was informed by the counsel representing the patient’s father that the monthly cost for treatment will be Rupees 3.5 lacs and the disease with which the patient is suffering with, is considered as ‘Orphan Disease’ in the United States of America and Europe. 

The disease is considered to be a genetic disorder where the fat-laden gaucher cells build up in areas like spleen, liver and bone marrow. 

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