CHANDIGARH – To stop overcharging for Covid-19 treatment by private hospitals, Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu directed all Civil Surgeons to ensure the display of treatment charges that should not exceed the capping proposed by the Punjab Government.
Sidhu clarified that no private hospital could charge more than the notified treatment charges and if anyone took more than the government notified rates, such a person could complain to the DC or Civil Surgeon concerned. The government has already issued the instructions to district administrations in this regard.
The minister said it had been brought to his notice that even after directions issued by the government, some hospitals had been overcharging Covid patients. He said that taking notice of such incidents, FIRs have been registered against the private hospitals across the state under Epidemic Diseases Act and Disaster Management Act. — TNS
Stressing the government was committed to saving the lives of patients suffering from mucormycosis (black fungus), Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said 300 such cases had been reported in the state so far. He said 23 patients got cured and 234 were under treatment However, 43 patients died.
