Maha: Private lab agents deceiving patients at GMCH Nagpur to face action
Nagpur: Cracking down on agents of private diagnostic labs, who mislead patients and collect their samples for various tests to earn money, the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Nagpur has taken steps against such offenders.
According to a recent media report in Times of India, some patients require specialized tests which could not be conducted at the in-house labs of GMCH. Many agents of private diagnostic labs enter the hospital premises in the name of collecting such samples for specialized tests.
However, they mislead the poor patients by collecting their samples for the general tests which are available at the hospital. Unknowingly, many patients who come from the periphery take these agents to be employees and staffers of the hospital, and do not file any complaints against them, adds the daily.
The issue came to the light when a complaint was recently filed by a patient with Medical Superintendent, Dr Avinash Gawande. Dr Gawande stated, "Almost all-important tests can be conducted in GMCH itself. However, the private agents get entry illegally and they mislead the patients. They ask for money and collect samples from the wards. Eight such agents were caught while taking samples, and the GMCH administration has handed them over to police."
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