Summary:
Jaipur, Jan 22 (PTI) The Rajasthan Human Rights Commission has ordered the state government to give a compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh to a BPL category man who was treated in a government hospital at Kota as a non-BPL patient and charged Rs 90,000.
The commission gave the order on a complaint of local resident Purshottam Bhargava, who underwent angioplasty for a heart blockage in December 2019 in Kota’s New Medical College Hospital (NMCH).
Bhargava alleged in his complaint that Dr Hansraj Meena refused his registration as a BPL man and state"s Bhamashah health insurance beneficiary, saying it will take 48 hours to get the approval for treatment under the BPL category and the patient may die by then.
The complainant alleged that the doctor forced his family to arrange Rs 65,000 immediately for angioplasty.
The family somehow arranged the money and handed it over to a person inside the operation theatre as directed by Dr Meena.
After one stent was inserted, Dr demanded Rs 25,000 more for the second stent.