Hyderabad hospital loses permission for Covid treatment

The Hyderbad hospital got here beneath fireplace a couple of days in the past after 20-year-old Radhesh Reddy posted a number of movies on Twitter concerning the ordeal he underwent right here after three members in his household succumbed to COVID-19.

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In a primary, Telangana authorities Monday night cancelled the permission granted to a non-public hospital in Hyderabad to deal with COVID-19 sufferers.
The workplace of the Director of Public Well being and Household Welfare discovered the Deccan Hospitals responsible of “inappropriate and surplus billing” for COVID-19 administration companies.


Personal hospitals within the state had been allowed to deal with COVID-19 sufferers from mid-June onwards.


Within the final month, a number of cases of hospitals refusing handy over the physique of the deceased to their households for need of full settlement of medical payments, complaints of poor therapy and neglect regardless of exorbitant expenses and denial of therapy have emerged in Hyderabad. That is the primary time any motion has been taken towards a non-public hospital.


Based on the order, the Deccan Hospital in Somajiguda is now prohibited from admitting any new COVID-19 affected person.

The hospital has been requested to make sure no inconvenience is triggered to sufferers who're present process therapy at current. They should be handled as per the worth ceiling fastened by the federal government and, if the hospital fails to take action, the federal government would cancel its licence.


The order additionally states that it obtained a number of complaints towards the hospital that it was charging exorbitantly for COVID-19 therapy and that the worth ceiling fastened by the federal government was not being adopted.


Following this, the District Medical and Well being Officer (DMHO) Hyderabad inquired into the matter and located that the hospital had certainly violated the federal government norms on therapy expenses.



Motion has been taken beneath provisions of the Telangana Allopathic Personal Medical Care Institution (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2002, and the Epidemic Ailments Act, 1897, and comes into pressure with fast impact, says the order undersigned Dr. G Srinivasa Rao, Director of Well being and Household Welfare.



The hospital got here beneath fireplace a couple of days in the past after 20-year-old Radhesh Reddy posted a number of movies on Twitter concerning the ordeal he underwent on the hospital after three members in his household succumbed to COVID-19.
Because the tweet went viral, minister KT Rama Rao responded tagging the well being minister Etala Rajender and requesting strictest motion towards the hospital.


“Deeply anguished on listening to concerning the tragic lack of your loved ones members Radhesh. Exploitation in these occasions by non-public hospitals is deplorable & a disgrace Request Well being Minister @Eatala_Rajender Garu to take the strictest motion towards these irresponsible establishments asap” (sic).