The Supreme Court on Tuesday emphasised that society will not forgive the judiciary if it doesn’t take care of medical professionals, particularly those who sacrificed their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The top court was hearing a petition against non-inclusion of doctors and health workers who lost their lives battling Covid-19 at private clinics, dispensaries, and non-recognised hospitals in insurance policies, news agency PTI reported.

A bench of Justice P S Narasimha and Justice R Mahadevan said the government must ensure that insurance companies settle the valid claims, and added that the assumption that private doctors were working for profit-making was not correct.

“Society wouldn’t forget us if we don’t take care of our doctors. The first profession that protects human

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