: Hospitals taking advantage of Covid situation, says Madras HC; seeks response from Centre, state #IndiaNEWS The Madras High Court has observed that hospitals seem to be taking advantage of the coronavirus

Hospitals taking advantage of Covid situation, says Madras HC; seeks response from Centre, state #IndiaNEWS
The Madras High Court has observed that hospitals seem to be taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis in the country, by charging very high fees from patients and their families, reported Live Law on Monday.“Exorbitant charges have been collected by some hospitals, even during this difficult time, which cannot be permitted,??? the High Court said. “The hospitals are taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic situation, it appears, making use of it to collect exorbitant charges.???A bench of Justices MS Ramesh and B Pugalendhi had made the observations on May 6 while hearing a plea seeking strict implementation of a government order, which mandates that at least 50% of the beds in private hospitals be allocated for Covid patients. The court has sought the response of the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government on the petition. In their plea, the petitioner also argued that despite the government capping the rate of coronavirus treatment in private hospitals, healthcare facilities were charging as much as Rs 2 lakh for 10 days. It was submitted that under the rules, hospitals, depending upon their grade, at the maximum can charge Rs 15,000 per day. But some of them have been charging around Rs 1 lakh per day, the plea said. Based on these submissions...Read more

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