Srinagar, Oct 1: Underscoring primacy of healthcare being guaranteed under constitution, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Srinagar has noted that life and health are sacrosanct in any civilized society and must be protected.

A bench of M S Latif Member (Judicial) made the observations while deciding on a teacher’s plea seeking court’s intervention to grant ex-post facto sanction in her favour for reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by her on the treatment of Ascending Aorta Replacement (cardiovascular surgical procedure).

In her plea, the teacher had said that her treatment could not be conducted completely at a government-run hospital and as such her surgery was to be carried out in a hospital outside J&K.

“Admittedly, healthcare is the most important facet in any ci

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