Patient overcharged for pathological test: WB health panel directs hospital to refund Rs 1.2 lakh
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Kolkata: Coming down heavily on a private hospital, West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) has directed the facility to initiate a refund of Rs 1.2 lakh to a patient after it was found that the facility had overbilled for a pathological test.
According to the commission's chairperson, Ashim Banerjee, the commission observed that the patient was admitted in the facility for 7 days in March where 21 blood gas tests were conducted on the patient. The commission also noticed that the hospital had charged Rs 700 more for each test than the price cap set by the commission, reports The Tribune.
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