New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Delhi government to take action against 14 private hospitals in the city for flouting their obligation to provide free treatment to patients from the economically weaker section (EWS), despite being allotted land for the facility at concessional rates. The apex court passed the order in a proceeding related to the monitoring of its 2018 order, which sought periodic information on compliance from all such hospitals. The condition for land concession was to provided 10% of beds at the in-patient department (IPD) and 25% services in the out-patient department (OPD) to EWS patients, as per their lease deed agreement. A bench of justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and NV Anjaria said, ...