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Haryana minister wants curbs on private hospitals’ charges

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Chandigarh, Nov 22 (IANS) To keep a check on cases similar to the case of over-billing that took place in Fortis Hospital, Gurugram, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said on Wednesday that he would speak to Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda for bringing a proposal under which no private hospital could over-charge patients.

Vij said that he had set up a three-member committee under the chairmanship of Additional Director General, Health, to investigate the Fortis matter and submit its report at the earliest.

“The team will visit the hospital and seek detailed information about medicines, treatment given to the girl by doctors, reasons for her death, bill details, and also find out whether the girl had dengue or not. Strict action would be taken if the hospital was found guilty in the report,” Vij said here in a statement.

He pointed out that the treatment of dengue was free of cost in all the government hospitals in Haryana, and its treatment even in private hospitals could not cost up to Rs 16 lakh.

He said that he will not allow the private hospitals to loot patients like this and necessary action would be taken in this direction.

The Fortis Hospital in Gurugram had handed over a bill of nearly Rs 16 lakh to the parents of a girl, Adya, who died due to dengue after being admitted in the hospital for 15 days.

–IANS
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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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