The Delhi High Court will hold a special Sunday sitting today 2.30 PM to hear a petition filed by Dr. Gitanjali Angmo, the wife of activist Sonam Wangchuk, challenging the Delhi Police action of shifting him to Safdarjung Government Hospital from the Jantar Mantar protest site where he had been holding a hunger strike for over 20 days.

Expressing a lack of trust in Safdarjung Hospital, Angmo has sought directions to shift him to a private hospital.

Wangchuk's wife said she had “lost faith” in Safdarjung Hospital, claiming that hospital authorities had informed them his potassium level had fallen to 2.9, describing it as “alarming” and “life-threatening”. However, she alleged that the hospital's public health bulletin omitted the actual figure and merely referred to “decreasing potassium levels.” She further claimed that an independent laboratory test showed Wangchuk's potassium level at 3.5, which they described as being within the normal range.

She further alleged that despite repeated requests, the hospital authorities had refused to discharge Wangchuk or permit his transfer to a private hospital of his choice.

She also claimed that approximately 30 police personnel were deployed on the hospital floor, with over 100 personnel stationed across the hospital premises, severely restricting the movement of those accompanying him.

Calling the situation “illegal detention” rather than medical care, Wangchuk's wife stated that if any harm were to befall him, the hospital authorities and the government must bear responsibility.

The writ petition seeks a declaration that Wangchuk's continued confinement at Safdarjung Hospital is unconstitutional and prays for his immediate discharge and transfer to a hospital of his and his family's choice. It also seeks unrestricted access to him for his lawyers and doctors who had been treating him during the hunger strike, besides a direction restraining authorities from administering any medical treatment without his informed consent or, if he is unable to consent, without the consent of his wife.

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