Chandigarh, Jan. 28 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday sought details of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facilities in Punjab's designated district hospitals.

The bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry, while hearing a plea on health infrastructure issues in Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh, termed the absence of an ICU facility at the district hospital in Malerkotla as "shocking" and sought statewide data.

Earlier, petitioner Bhisham Kinger, appearing in person, had pointed out the lack of an ICU facility at the Malerkotla district hospital. The PIL, filed in 2025, initially addressed health infrastructure at that hospital. The petitioner had also questioned an affidavit filed by Punjab in December, which clai...