COVID treatment rates fixed in Assam private hospitals
The minister informed that the maximum rates which could be charged from COVID patients in general wards of super-speciality hospitals was Rs 5000 per day, while the rate in general wards of other private hospitals has been fixed at Rs 4000 per day.
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GUWAHATI:
In a move that comes as succour for COVID-19 patients burdened by "exorbitant" rates charged by private healthcare facilities, the Assam government has finally fixed “reasonable” rates for COVID treatment in private super-speciality and general hospitals.
State health minister Keshab Mahanta, while addressing newsmen here on Friday afternoon, said the rates of private hospitals across the country were compared before ascertaining the maximum chargeable rates in Assam so that there was no discrepancy in the prices charged for the treatment of COVID patients during the time of a pandemic.
“Two meetings with proprietors of private healthcare facilities in the state were held before fixing the rates in private hospitals for COVID patients,” Mahanta said.
The minister informed that the maximum rates which could be charged from COVID patients in general wards of super-speciality hospitals was Rs 5000 per day, while the rate in general wards of other private hospitals has been fixed at Rs 4000 per day.
“The maximum rate for a cabin in private super speciality hospitals is Rs 6500 per day, ICU without ventilator is Rs 10,000 per day and ICU with a ventilator is Rs 15,000 per day.
Likewise, the maximum rate for a cabin in a general hospital is Rs 5000 per day, ICU without ventilator is Rs 9000 per day and ICU with a ventilator is Rs 12,000 per day,” Mahanta said.
He further said that the rates would be inclusive of registration charges, bed, boarding/food, nursing charge, consultant’s charge, pathological tests, X-rays, USG, etc.
“However, for treatment of other (non COVID) ailments, patients (generally with co-morbid conditions) will be charged as per the applicable rates,” the minister said.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had, earlier in the day, reviewed the COVID scenario during a meeting with the health minister and officials of the health department.
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