11 more accuse Vadodara hospital of overcharging – ET HealthWorld

“About 11 persons have approached us in the last few days and claimed that the said hospital charged hefty fees for the Covid treatment. We have taken their applications and are investigating the complaints. We are expecting many more complaints like this,” said a crime branch official.

Senior police officials said that Dalal has formed a group, which the patients, who feel that they were overcharged for the Covid treatment, can approach and give a complaint.

“Though we are investigating the applications, it becomes a bit difficult to prove the charges as the hospital management, in its defence, says that they had informed the patients about the fees well in advance,” the police said.

The crime branch, though, has asked the hospital, against whom Dalal had filed a complaint, to furnish all the bills and documents apart from taking statements from the hospital management. Dalal had approached the cops some days ago accusing a hospital of charging excess fees from the Covid patients. She alleged that the hospital collected hefty fees in her name but didn’t pay the amount to her.

The hospital management, though, has denied all the allegations and said that one doctor alone can’t manage Covid-19 at any multi-speciality hospital. The management said that there were five doctors and a team of 100-150 medical officers who managed the Covid-19 patients.

The management claimed that the charges were as per Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) notification and classification of the rooms as was also per the civic body’s guidance.