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Hospital authorities asked us to deposit advance money even when we informed them that the patient is a PM-JAY beneficiary. Shabana who was diagnosed with brain fever passed away after two days and the hospital authorities refused to release her dead body and demanded RS 40,000. We paid Rs 30,346 to the hospital,” said Randhir Sao, grandson of the deceased.When TOI contacted Anil Kumar, GM Medica Ranchi, the latter said, “I have enquired about the incident. another beneficiary, Rubiya Shabana, a resident of Itki was admitted to Gurunanak hospital on January 22 after she was referred by a doctor from Anjuman Hospital in Ratu road for better care. We were not told that the patient was an Ayushman Bharat beneficiary,”On September 24 2018, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the scheme from Ranchi, Raju Kachhap, a resident of Tatisilwai, was refused benefits by the Medica Super Speciality Hospital..