Delhi Govt Orders ACTION Against Moolchand Hospital for Defying SC Order
New Delhi: Two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled that private hospitals operating on subsidized government land will have to provide free treatment to a certain percentage of poor patients, the Delhi government has ordered "deemed fit" action against Moolchand Hospital for defying the said order.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that private hospitals which were based on subsidized government land would have to mandatorily provide 10 per cent treatment to In-Patient Department (IPD) and 25 per cent to the Out Patient Department (OPD) for free.
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The SC also directed that any resistance by the hospitals would lead to cancellation of the lease. It also sought a periodical report on compliance of its order from the Delhi government.
Following the order, the Director General of Health Services had sent a copy of the order to Mool Chand Khairati Ram Hospital and asked them to send a compliance report However to this, the hospital's medical administrator replied that they were evaluating legal remedies and requested that any proceedings be kept in abeyance till the matter was appropriately resolved by the court, reports TOI.
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