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

By Asif Iqbal      31 March, 2020 03:03 PM      0 Comments
Delhi HCOrders 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 isnt 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 patients 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 patients 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. 

As the cost of treatment is steep and this cannot be afforded by the family, the order by the bench was Considering the age of the child and given that the policy for rare diseases is yet to be finalised by the government, it is deemed appropriate to direct AIIMS to start the treatment of the petitioner (child) without charging anything from her. 



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