Rajasthan fixes rate of Covid-19 treatment in private hospitals
Arvind Singh | Special Correspondent
Rajasthan has fixed the rates for treatment of corona in private hospitals across the State. Fees charged from the infected patient will be up to Rs 5000; up to Rs 7500 from the serious patient.
CM Ashok Gehlot with Raghu Sharma in a review meeting
Key Highlights
- Rajasthan has fixed the rates for treatment of corona in private hospitals
- A system in offing that will tell the vacant beds and situation of authorized beds in private hospitals
- Protocol of COVID-19 treatment and maximum rates in private hospitals were re-decided after discussions with all concerned authorities
Jaipur: Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma while providing a big relief to people of Rajasthan has fixed the rates for treatment of corona in private hospitals across the State. He said that private hospitals will have to treat COVID infected according to these rates and that action will be taken against the private hospitals who do not strictly follow these directions.
Dr Sharma said that soon a system will be developed to know the vacant and situation of authorized beds in private hospitals in the State so that no hospital can send back the patients stating that all beds are full. With this system, no hospital can lie about the number of beds in the hospital.
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Dr Sharma said that better medical facilities are being provided to the general public at COVID Care Centers and COVID dedicated hospitals in the entire state. This arrangement has been done so that treatment rates of coronavirus in private hospitals remain the same. He said that with the implementation of these rates, the patients will not have any confusion about the fees charged during the treatment and it will also stop uncontrolled collection by the private hospitals.
The Health Minister said that according to the new rates, on getting admitted to national accredited and non-accredited hospitals, fees charged from the infected patient will be up to Rs 5000; up to Rs 7500 from the serious patient and up to Rs 9000 including ICU charges from the critical patient. These rates include fees such as consultation charges, PPE kit, medicines, tubes, bed, breakfast, lunch, dinner and others.
The Health Minister said that the department earlier had fixed the treatment rates of COVID-19 in private hospitals, but it was not clear as to what all investigations, medicines and various other expenses are included in COVID treatment. In such a situation confusion persists. He said that in such a situation, the protocol of COVID-19 treatment and maximum rates in private hospitals were re-decided after discussions with all District Collectors, all principal of Government Medical Colleges, senior doctors and representatives of private hospitals.