<span style="color: #222222;">National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a show-cause notice to the Labour and Employment Ministry in connection with the death of a Covid-19 patient due to alleged negligence of the doctors at ESI hospital in Delhi. The Commission has addressed the notice to the Secretary of the Labour Ministry THAT why it should not recommend two lakh rupees as monetary relief to the next of kin of the patient who died due to medical negligence.<br />''<br />''The secretary has also been directed to enquire into the matter and submit a report. The Commission observed that this act of negligence violated the Right to Health and Right to Life of the victim under of the Constitution of India. The complainant had alleged that his father was seriously ill and was suspected of having a COVID-19 infection. The ESI hospital in Jhilmil, Delhi kept referring to him from one government hospital to another, without admitting in the emergency ward or providing treatment.</span><br />