Coronavirus Treatment Fee

COVID-19 patients were charged "exorbitant fees" for private treatment in the absence of specific guidelines, a parliamentary panel led by Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha MP, Ram Gopal Yadav, said in a report, adding lives could have been saved with the implementation of a sustainable pricing model.

The Maharashtra government has set up flying squads to inspect if hospitals and ambulances are taking exorbitant charges from COVID-19 patients, Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Friday.

The cost of conducting a COVID-19 test in private lab has been fixed at Rs 2,200 and the fee for treatment of the infection in corporate hospitals Rs 4,000 per day.

Amid a social media buzz over high cost of coronavirus treatment at a private facility, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said the government has sought fee details from all hospitals and will decide on "what to do" after overall observation.

In view of media reports highlighting that Covid patients were being charged exorbitant treatment rates in private hospitals, the Tamil Nadu government today capped the per-day fee after dividing hospitals in four categories based on the facilities offered.

An association of private hospitals and the centre will have to respond to the Supreme Court within two weeks on whether they can charge a much less fee from patients under the government's affordable insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2017.

COVID-19 patients were charged "exorbitant fees" for private treatment in the absence of specific guidelines, a parliamentary panel led by Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha MP, Ram Gopal Yadav, said in a report, adding lives could have been saved with the implementation of a sustainable pricing model.

The Maharashtra government has set up flying squads to inspect if hospitals and ambulances are taking exorbitant charges from COVID-19 patients, Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Friday.

The cost of conducting a COVID-19 test in private lab has been fixed at Rs 2,200 and the fee for treatment of the infection in corporate hospitals Rs 4,000 per day.

Amid a social media buzz over high cost of coronavirus treatment at a private facility, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said the government has sought fee details from all hospitals and will decide on "what to do" after overall observation.

In view of media reports highlighting that Covid patients were being charged exorbitant treatment rates in private hospitals, the Tamil Nadu government today capped the per-day fee after dividing hospitals in four categories based on the facilities offered.

An association of private hospitals and the centre will have to respond to the Supreme Court within two weeks on whether they can charge a much less fee from patients under the government's affordable insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2017.