LUCKNOW, April 23 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to file an affidavit with details of the medical facilities, including ventilators, being provided in various medical colleges, especially the recently opened ones, and hospitals in all the districts of Uttar Pradesh. The court also asked how far these facilities meet the local needs of patients. It further said the primary allocation of the state government's resources should be for health. The court also asked the state to disclose whether there is any regulatory mechanism for private hospitals and clinics. The order was passed by a division bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla on April 22 in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by the NGO 'We the People' in 2016 through its general secretary Prince Lenin. The PIL sought details of ventilators required in all government hospitals and medical universities in Lucknow. The court directed to implead the Union of India through secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, as an opposite party.P6...