Hospitals to face action for fleecing COVID patients
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Eight hospitals offer treatment under Aarogyasri scheme: Collector
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Eight hospitals offer treatment under Aarogyasri scheme: Collector
The Anantapur administration has authorised only eight hospitals in the district for the treatment of the coronavirus patients and all of them offer treatment under the Aarogyasri scheme, Collector Gandham Chandrudu said on Monday.
“If any hospital is found fleecing patients in the name of the COVID-19 treatment without taking the required permission, action will be taken against them. We have readied 1,003 beds for the patients in view of the spurt in the cases,” the Collector said.
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District Collector A. Md. Imtiaz on Friday said 14 hospitals in the district had been given permission to extend medical services to patients infected with COVID-19.
He said besides these hospitals, no other hospital was allowed to treat Coronavirus patients and if they were found to be doing so, action would be taken against them.
He was reviewing the pandemic situation and arrangements that were to be made to treat the virus-afflicted people, with the District Medical and Health Officer M. Suhasini, District Co-Ordinator of Hospital Services Jyothi Rani and Medical Officer Chaitanya Krishna.
He said 1,086 beds were reserved in these hospitals that would extend medical services under Aarogyasri scheme. He asked people to choose any of these 14 hospitals for Covid treatment.