India, April 28 -- The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a probe into reports that three Delhi hospitals denied emergency medical treatment to a woman lawyer who was brutally stabbed allegedly by her husband last week, while taking suo motu cognisance of the incident and deciding to monitor the investigation.

A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi directed that the aspect of alleged refusal of treatment be investigated, observing that the issue raised serious concerns about access to emergency medical care.

"Let this aspect of non-admission by hospitals be probed into," said the court after being informed that the injured lawyer was turned away by multiple hospitals before finally receiving treatment.

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