The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear plea of a 31-year-old woman seeking a direction to PM-CARES Fund and other authorities to provide monetary assistance of Rs 1 crore for her husband, who is hospitalised since early May, after contracting Covid-19, and requires the money for a lungs replacement procedure.

The couple is one of those families who are facing the financial version of long-haul Covid-19: Exorbitant medical bills, emotional stress and approaching various authorities seeking financial help, have upset their lives. The family claims to have already spent Rs 1 crore in the treatment of the man, which has exhausted all their savings.