Hyderabad hospital faces criticism for charging Rs 54 lakh bill for 10 day treatment
Hyderabad: Pointing out an incident of overpriced treatment, a Hyderabad-based private hospital's exorbitant bill was recently publicized through Twitter by the spokesman of Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT), Amjed Ullah Khan, who recently tweeted about a bill by the Citizen Hospital in Nallagandla charging Rs 54 lakhs for the 10-day treatment of a patient.
The family members reportedly paid Rs 20 lakhs already for the treatment of the patient identified as Syed Rahmath Uddin. Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT) is a political party based in Telangana.
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Meanwhile, in another tweet, Khan stated that the hospital is demanding Rs 29 lakhs more. He thus requested the concerned authorities to take necessary action to shift the patient to Gandhi or NIMS hospital.
In the tweet, he wrote, "Hospital authorities are demanding Rs 29 lakhs more to shift the patient, This is too much, Is there any agency to check the loot of this corporate hospitals."
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