As per reports, a patient namely Hansaben Parmar, resident of City’s Harkeshwar area has COVID-19 symptoms. Run by AMC, SVP hospital referred the lady to Bodyline hospital for a checkup as it is declared COVID-19 hospital as per MoU inked with AMC. As per MoU, 50% beds of the private hospital are reserved for coronavirus patients referred by AMC. However, Bodyline charged rupees 4500 for conducting the patient’s test.

Mitesh Parmar, her son told a leading media, “At around 4pm we took my mother to SVP Hospital as she was having trouble breathing. As we reached the the hospital, the staff refused to admit her and said she can only be admitted if they get call from the hospital superintendent. After waiting for two hours we were referred to Noble Hospital which also did not admit her.

He said that SVP officials later referred her to Bodyline Hospital. She was admitted as she was suspected to have Covid. “Early in the morning my mother called me and asked me to come and deposit Rs 4,500 for a COVID test. As I reached there I argued with the staff why they were asking the patient for money. Later, following the intervention of AMC officials and deputy municipal commissioner D Sangwan, the hospital did not press for the money.”

In the show-cause notice, AMC questioned the Bodyline hospital, why its ‘C’ form registration should not be cancelled and why actions should not be taken against them under the Epidemic Diseases Act.

The hospital has to reply in one day.

For the unversed, the hospitals are not supposed to charge patients referred by the AMC or other authorities.

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