Private hospital disallowed from treating COVID-19 patients
The Hindu
Action after failure to repay excess amount charged from a patient
District Joint Director of Medical and Rural Health Services P. Venkatachalam has issued an order disallowing a private hospital to treat COVID-19 positive cases due to failure to repay the excess amount charged from a patient. According to the order, a 39-year-old woman was admitted for COVID-19 treatment at Raksha Hospital at Anna Nagar here. An inquiry was conducted by health officials after she lodged a complaint that excess charges were collected from her during treatment from May 14 to 19. Following that, the hospital was ordered to repay ₹2,48,590 to the patient.More Related News