New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday initiated suo motu cognizance on the basis of a media report which highlighted the plight of a 12-year-old boy who was unable to secure an ICU bed in any government hospital across the city after suffering a fall from the first floor of his house.

A bench comprising Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora noted that the child was eventually admitted to Shree Aggrasain International Hospital in Rohini after his family's desperate search for treatment at institutions, including Safdarjung Hospital, yielded no results.

The court observed that the boy's father, a daily wage worker engaged in tailoring work, was in no position to bear the cost of treatment in a pri...