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Hospitals are still pulling a SAST one
Hospitals are still pulling a SAST one
ByPragna L KrupaPragna L Krupa / Updated: Jun 17, 2021, 06:00 IST
Health workers collect swab samples from citizens near KR Puram
The family alleges that the hospital staff asked them to get injections for the covid patient; hospital counters saying that SAST did not cover those jabs
D espite Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust (SAST) being a free programme for citizens, many patients are still paying for different medical resources. A
covid patient’s family members were asked to pay nearly Rs 25,000 for injections which they could not afford. The patient ultimately succumbed to the virus.
senior officer said that SAST received a few complaints against these private hospitals based on which the health department issued them the notice asking them to share the details of all the patients and their bills. “We have given them three days to get back to us with the bills and if they fail to, we will take action against them.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 4 (ANI): A few organisations in Bhubaneswar, Odisha have joined hands and established a 30-bed 'oxygen shelter' for patients, which will be free of cost, amid the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
Doctors’ ethical dilemma: Save the young or seniors?
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But some doctors look at the treatment path. The only criteria between an old and a young patient would be who is the sicker of the two, said Dr Smitha Thimmaiah, medical superintendent, Sparsh Hospital, Mysore Road.
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Besides age, the patient’s class matters as hospitals get multiple calls if s/he is from an influential background.
(This story originally appeared in on May 11, 2021)With an increasing demand for ICU beds and ventilators, clinicians are facing an ethical dilemma over allotment of beds: Young breadwinners or senior citizens? The focus is certainly more on saving the youngsters, multiple hospital authorities told TOI on the condition of anonymity.