CM threatens action against pvt hospitals for not admitting cop
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday threatened to take action against private hospitals for denying admission of Abhijit Mondal, officer-in-charge (OC) of Tala police station (PS).
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday threatened to take action against private hospitals for denying admission of Abhijit Mondal, officer-in-charge (OC) of Tala police station (PS).
The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) has asked two premier private hospitals in the city to pay Rs 10 lakh each after the two healthcare units were found guilty in deaths of two patients.
The cost of treatment services per bed in government hospitals comes to around Rs 8500, said AHPI DG Dr Girdhar Gyani.
The state records worrying surge in number of Covid-19 cases since last week with daily positivity rate close to four per cent.
The government has notified Sir Ganga Ram City Hospital, Max Saket, Fortis Vasant Kunj and Batra Hospital Tughlakabad for the treatment of Omicron on payment basis with immediate effect. With addition of these four private hospitals, now the new Covid variant Omicron will be treated in total five hospitals in Delhi.
The panel, which submitted its report to the Rajya Sabha chairman, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, has sought a sustainable pricing model for private hospitals to ensure that patients are not taken to the cleaners.
There is a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in rural Telangana, but the rate of infection is coming down in GHMC
On Friday, a coronavirus patient of Bagbazar area was allegedly denied admission at Medical College Hospital. Several private hospitals in the city also allegedly deny treatment of patients fearing Covid-19 infections.
The civic body last month appointed auditors for various private hospitals after receiving complaints of overcharging by some facilities for coronavirus treatment.
The MHA also said, quick delivery of results in Delhi, testing via Rapid Antigen testing methodology was started on Thursday.
