Avirtual high court bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim has directed to set up aseparate hotline called \'ICU Hotline\' so that the victims can easilycommunicate in the ICU management and monitoring cell.

Thevirtual court, which operates online on My Court on Monday, has set up ICUrequisitions and \'central bed bureaus\' of private hospitals, introducedseparate medical facilities for COVID and general patients in 50-bedpublic-private hospitals and announced a two-week lockdown in the capitalDhaka. After hearing three writ petitions, the court passed the order with someinstructions and opinions.

Atthe same time, the court also suggested that the ICU hotline numbers bedisseminated in different media, especially on television, on a daily basis.

LawyerManzil Morshed, lawyer Yadia Zaman, lawyer Jamiul Haque Faisal, and Mehedi Hasanappeared for the writ petitions.

AdditionalAttorney General Murad Reza, Deputy Attorney General Amit Talukder andAssistant Attorney General Abanti Nurul was present at the hearing on behalfof the state.

Duringthe coronation period, the court gave 10-point instructions on fixing the priceof oxygen cylinders, monitoring private hospitals and treating patients inhospitals.

The 10-point directive states that those concerned, including the health secretary,have to submit to the court on June 30 whether the directives issued by thehealth ministry is being followed properly.

TheHigh Court also said that reluctance to treat critically ill patients in publicand private hospitals and the death of a patient in it should be considered as\'negligent death\' i.e. a criminal offense. Instructions have also been given tobring those responsible for this under the law.