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Noida/Ghaziabad: Since Noida is an NCR city, no hospital can deny treatment to patients from other districts, chief minister Yogi Adityanath told officials on Sunday.
He also clarified that healthcare facilities should not ask for any residential proof like Aadhaar card while admitting patients.
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Noida/Ghaziabad: Since Noida is an NCR city, no hospital can deny treatment to patients from other districts, chief minister Yogi Adityanath told officials on Sunday.
He also clarified that healthcare facilities should not ask for any residential proof like Aadhaar card while admitting patients.
When cases had been rising by leaps and bounds in April, hospitals in Noida admitted only those patients who had local addresses on their Aadhaar cards.
This is something other NCR cities like Gurgaon also followed.
As a result, many patients from other districts lost their lives waiting for treatment to be initiated.
Not just admissions, even the Covid control room addressed complaints of patients only if they had a local Aadhaar card.
The UP government has, however, done away with a rule that made a state Aadhaar card mandatory for vaccination in the 18-44 category.
The chief minister, who visited Noida, Ghaziabad and Meerut to assess the Covid situation in the three districts, also announced that three and nine oxygen plants would be set up in Noida and Ghaziabad, respectively.