Hospital Refuses To Accept Old Notes

Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports about the death of a pregnant woman in a government hospital in Gaya after being allegedly refused dialysis for paying in old Rs 500 notes, Bihar Human Rights Commission (BHRC) today directed the district magistrate and the hospital to submit a detailed report within a fortnight.

Amid a cash crunch in the city, after the demonetisation of high-value currency notes, a young man lost his life in a Kolkata hospital on Friday as a medical store refused to accept the scrapped notes for the critically needed medical tape.

Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports about the death of a pregnant woman in a government hospital in Gaya after being allegedly refused dialysis for paying in old Rs 500 notes, Bihar Human Rights Commission (BHRC) today directed the district magistrate and the hospital to submit a detailed report within a fortnight.

Amid a cash crunch in the city, after the demonetisation of high-value currency notes, a young man lost his life in a Kolkata hospital on Friday as a medical store refused to accept the scrapped notes for the critically needed medical tape.