Alleged overcharging: WBCERC directs 2 Kolkata Hospitals to refund, give discount on treatment bills
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Kolkata: Two Kolkata-based Hospitals have recently come under the radar of the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) after three patients complained of overcharging against the facilities.
The commission has directed Desun hospital to pay almost 3.5 lakh rupees refund in two separate cases after it found overbilling on part of the hospital. On the other hand, Woodland Hospital has been ordered to give a discount of Rs 50000 to the kin of a COVID patient.
In the first case, the patient has been identified as a 61-year-old man and he was undergoing treatment in the Desun hospital from July 22nd to July 25th after being tested as COVID positive. The family of the patient complained that the Hospital handed them a bill of rupees 2.92 lacs for the four days treatment.
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