Bombay High Court seeks Centre’s reply to PIL for welfare of patients of rare neurological disorder
Indian Express·3h ago·Neutral
What Happened
Bombay High Court Friday sought Union Health Ministry's response to a PIL requesting financial assistance for patients with SSPE, a rare fatal neurological disorder affecting children caused by mutated measles virus. The petition, filed by a businessman whose son died from SSPE, seeks government policy for healthcare and welfare support under existing rare disease framework.
Key Entities
Bombay High CourtUnion Ministry of Health and Family WelfareSSPE (Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis)Chief Justice Shree ChandrashekharMahadu BelkarNational Policy of Rare Diseases (NPRD) 2021