New Delhi, 28 March 2025: The Supreme Court has warned the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi that it will ask the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to take over its management if it does not fulfill its commitment in the lease agreement to provide free treatment to poor patients.
“If we find out that poor people are not provided free treatment, we will hand over the hospital to AIIMS,” a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N K Singh cautioned. The Supreme Court asked the Central and Delhi Governments to set up a joint inspection team to “find out if poor people are being treated there or this land has been grabbed for private interest”.
