Ghaziabad’s private hospitals overcharged during second COVID-19 wave, panel finds patients paid Rs 10K-1.5 lakh extra

The three-member panel comprises Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation commissioner Mahendra Singh Tanwar, the then chief medical officer NK Gupta and chief treasury officer Laxmi Mishra. 

New Delhi: Several discrepancies came to light after a three-member panel, which was set up to audit billing by 35 private COVID hospitals during the second wave, conducted its investigation. The panel found that these discrepancies were also in form of overcharging ranging between Rs 10,000 and Rs 1.5 lakh.  According to an English daily, the three-member panel comprises Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation commissioner Mahendra Singh Tanwar, the then chief medical officer NK Gupta and chief treasury officer Laxmi Mishra.  The team was looking into the matter after receiving complaints from numerous COVID patients and their families alleging that they have been overcharged, following which the hospitals were given time till June 25 to comply.