The Jalandhar district administration has found the authorities of Patel Hospital at Civil Lines here charged Rs 5,500 for a Covid-19 test on July 21 even as the government has fixed the maximum charges, including taxes, at Rs 2,400.

The hospital wrongly charged Rs 3,100 towards the cost of the personal protective equipment (PPE) kit for the safety of lab technicians and clinicians, ignoring state government orders of July 18 that caps the Covid-19 test charges at Rs 2,400.

An inquiry was marked by deputy commissioner Ghanshyam Thori on July 22 on the complaint of Rajeev Makol, a resident of Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, who needed his Covid report to travel out of Punjab. Makol said he got to know about the fixed charges only after his friend was charged Rs 2,400 for the test at another lab.

Assistant commissioner (grievances) Randeep Gill, who conducted the inquiry, said in his final report submitted to the state health department on Saturday that the hospital was overcharging for the test.

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