Covid-19 treatment rates at private hospitals under radar in AP
Vijayawada: With surge in Covid-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh, private hospitals and diagnostic centers have fallen under health wing's radar in order to keep a vigil on fee collected by the healthcare facilities.
Covid-19 treatment rates at corporate hospitals and nursing homes are continuously being monitored by an official rank of joint collector and district health and medical officers.
After receiving complaints on the fee structure, Joint collector (welfare) L Siva Shankar instructed the health wing to inspect a number of corporate hospitals in Vijayawada.
As per a recent media report in Times of India, some hospitals in Vijayawada, Guntur, Rajahmundry, Eluru and Visakhapatnam are charging high fees and bed charges for Covid-19 treatment compare to other hospitals.
The District medical and health officer, Dr Suhasini, and deputy DM&HOs have began inspections at hospitals to make sure that the government's established rates for various services are displayed.
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