COVID-19: Centre asks states to cap charges for critical care in private hospitals
4 years, 6 months ago

COVID-19: Centre asks states to cap charges for critical care in private hospitals

New Indian Express  

The Union Health Ministry also asked the states to engage with private hospitals to ensure there is enhanced availability of beds and critical healthcare facilities for coronavirus patients. "In order to ensure that patients receive prompt, good quality care at reasonable rates, it has been suggested to states to have consultations with the local private healthcare providers and arrive at reasonable rates, while factoring in cost elements for personal safety equipments for healthcare providers," the ministry said. "It has been suggested that the rates, once fixed, must be widely publicized so that both the patients and service providers are fully aware and capacities are used optimally," it also said in a statement. It said some states have taken initiative in this regard and reached an agreement with the private sector on reasonable rates and arrangements to provide critical care for in-patient admissions.

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Govt to cover treatment costs until at least March
1 year, 11 months ago

Govt to cover treatment costs until at least March

China Daily  

Patients needing treatment for COVID-19 will not have to foot pricey bills for hospitalization out of their own pockets until at least the end of March, according to authorities. The circular said the State will continue to pay for hospitalization costs until at least March 31, as long as patients conform to the diagnosis and treatment plan for novel coronavirus …

China hospitals unprepared as COVID-19 cases surge after opening
2 years ago

China hospitals unprepared as COVID-19 cases surge after opening

The Hindu  

China’s sudden easing of restrictions on December 7 after three years of a zero-COVID policy has left many hospitals unprepared to deal with the current surge of cases in many Chinese cities. The rapid change of policy has, however, caught many hospitals off-guard, and left them scrambling to deal with cases and segregate patients according to risk. Media outlet Caixin …

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs
2 years ago

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs

The Hindu  

Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set off protests. A Cabinet meeting called Thursday for “full mobilisation” of hospitals including adding staff to ensure their “combat effectiveness” and increasing …

Facing COVID-19 surge, China expands hospitals, ICUs as Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls
2 years ago

Facing COVID-19 surge, China expands hospitals, ICUs as Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls

Firstpost  

President Xi Jinping’s government is officially committed to stopping virus transmission, the last major country to try. But the latest moves suggest the Communist Party will tolerate more cases without quarantines or shutting down travel or businesses as it winds down its ‘zero-COVID’ strategy Beijing: Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and …

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs
2 years ago

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs

LA Times  

Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as it rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set off protests. A Cabinet meeting called Thursday for “full mobilization” of hospitals including adding staff to ensure their “combat effectiveness” and increasing …

Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka does not fully deliver on promised assurance of health coverage
2 years, 2 months ago

Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka does not fully deliver on promised assurance of health coverage

The Hindu  

Four years after the Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka, the State’s flagship health assurance scheme, was launched, easy access and free treatment during emergencies still eludes people. Most private hospitals are not keen on empanelment citing “low-package rates”, fixed by the government for the 1,650 procedures covered under the scheme. Prasanna H.M. president of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association said …

577 private hospitals in Karnataka get notices over extra cost collected from COVID patients
2 years, 4 months ago

577 private hospitals in Karnataka get notices over extra cost collected from COVID patients

The Hindu  

Notices have been issued to 577 private hospitals by the Health Department following complaints that they received money from the government while collecting extra amount from COVID-19 patients. Under the Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka scheme, steps were taken to treat COVID-19 patients in private hospitals on referral basis. But some private hospitals, besides collecting the amount from the patients, also got …

₹1.26 crore recovered from hospitals that charged extra from Covid-19 patients
2 years, 6 months ago

₹1.26 crore recovered from hospitals that charged extra from Covid-19 patients

The Hindu  

The Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust, which runs the State’s health insurance schemes, has recovered a whopping ₹1,26,36,833 from hospitals that charged excess from government-referred COVID-19 patients during all the three waves. When the pandemic hit the State in March, 2020, the Health Department roped in private hospitals and fixed the tariff for private walk-in patients, realising that government hospitals cannot …

Covid-19: Centre warns states on masss gatherings
2 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19: Centre warns states on masss gatherings

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Ahead of festive season, the Centre has asked states and Union Territories to ensure that people taking part in mass gatherings and undertaking pilgrimage are asymptomatic and preferably fully vaccinated against Covid-19. In a letter to states and UTs on Tuesday, Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said mass gatherings in context of various festivities as well as yatras …

Hospitalisations may rise as COVID crisis \'evolving\': Government
2 years, 11 months ago

Hospitalisations may rise as COVID crisis \'evolving\': Government

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: As the daily count of Covid-19 infections rocketed to 179,723 across the country, nearly an eight-fold rise in a week, the Union health ministry on Monday warned the states and Union territories that the situation was “dynamic and evolving” and that the need for hospitalisation may change rapidly. While the hospitalisation of active cases in the ongoing Covid-19 …

Centre advises states, UTs to monitor COVID situation; says '5-10 pc of active cases need hospitalisation'
2 years, 11 months ago

Centre advises states, UTs to monitor COVID situation; says '5-10 pc of active cases need hospitalisation'

India TV News  

Highlights The situation is dynamic and evolving, the Centre has said Rise in COVID cases appears to be driven by Omicron variant, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said It is important to conserve healthcare workers by initiating staggering, the Centre has said Five to ten per cent of the active COVID-19 cases needed hospitalisation in the present surge, said Union Health …

Keep daily watch on COVID-19 situation, Centre tells States
2 years, 11 months ago

Keep daily watch on COVID-19 situation, Centre tells States

The Hindu  

The Centre on Monday, January 10, 2022, directed the States and the Union Territories to keep a daily watch on the number of active COVID-19 cases, those under home isolation, hospitalised cases, occupied oxygen and ICU beds and those on ventilatory support, saying the the “situation is dynamic and may change rapidly”. “Based on this monitoring, the requirement of healthcare …

5-10% active cases need hospitalization currently, situation might change rapidly: Centre to states
2 years, 11 months ago

5-10% active cases need hospitalization currently, situation might change rapidly: Centre to states

India TV News  

Highlights Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said 5-10% of active Covid cases now needed hospitalisation. But the situation is dynamic and may change rapidly, he said in letter to states on Covid situation Bhushan stressed that states need to keep a watch on cases under home isolation and in hospitals. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Monday, in a letter …

Centre says 5-10% Covid cases requiring hospitalisation, but situation may change
2 years, 11 months ago

Centre says 5-10% Covid cases requiring hospitalisation, but situation may change

India Today  

The Centre on Monday said that five to 10 per cent of the active Covid cases needed hospitalisation but the situation is dynamic and may change rapidly. FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES HERE During the second surge of Covid infections in the country, the percentage of active cases that needed hospital care was in the range of 20-23 per cent, Union Health …

Set up makeshift hospitals: Centre to states as Covid cases surge
3 years ago

Set up makeshift hospitals: Centre to states as Covid cases surge

Hindustan Times  

With India witnessing a continuous rise in Covid-19 cases in the past 70 days, the Centre on Saturday advised states to start setting up makeshift hospitals to increase availability of beds, and create special teams to monitor home isolation cases. “To address a potential surge in cases and ensure preparedness, states are advised to initiate creation of field/makeshift hospitals to …

Covid-19 case rates have now surpassed the summer surge. Hospitalizations so far have yet to match
3 years ago

Covid-19 case rates have now surpassed the summer surge. Hospitalizations so far have yet to match

CNN  

CNN — As the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread across the US this holiday season, the rate of daily Covid-19 cases detected has eclipsed those fueled by the Delta variant over the summer. E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Getty Images A woman shows proof of vaccination against Covid-19 to enter Times Square for the New Year's Eve ball drop …

Hospitals Overcharging Covid Patients: Karnataka High Court Seeks ATR; Status Of Refunds
3 years, 2 months ago

Hospitals Overcharging Covid Patients: Karnataka High Court Seeks ATR; Status Of Refunds

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State government and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to inform as to what action has been taken against those hospitals who are found guilty of charging exorbitant amounts from Covid-19 patients. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum in its order noted, "Counsel for intervenor, …

AMA COVID analysis shows pressure on public hospital system as restrictions ease
3 years, 2 months ago

AMA COVID analysis shows pressure on public hospital system as restrictions ease

ABC  

Hundreds of beds in the nation's hospitals could be permanently full of COVID-19 patients each day, emergency departments would be further overcrowded and elective surgeries waiting times would blow out, under multiple scenarios put forward by the Australian Medical Association for what could happen when restrictions ease. It has found public hospitals are already running at 100 per cent capacity, …

US: Doctors in Alaska making ‘difficult choices’ amid COVID surge
3 years, 3 months ago

US: Doctors in Alaska making ‘difficult choices’ amid COVID surge

Al Jazeera  

PAHO director says Alaska doctors are deciding which patients get hospital beds amid worst COVID outbreak in the US. @DirOPSPAHO #COVID19 — PAHO/WHO October 6, 2021 Carissa Etienne, director of the Pan American Health Organization, the Americas branch of the World Health Organization, warned on Wednesday that doctors in Alaska have been forced to make “difficult choices” amid the surge …

HC questions Kerala govt logic behind fixing post COVID complications treatment rates
3 years, 3 months ago

HC questions Kerala govt logic behind fixing post COVID complications treatment rates

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: When deaths even after 30 days of a person turning negative for coronavirus is treated as a COVID death, then by the same rationale treatment for post-COVID complications should also be reckoned as part of corona care was the prima facie view expressed by the Kerala High Court on Wednesday. "On a parallel reasoning, treatment which goes on after …

Hospitalizations, not infections, to take lead in determining Covid policy
3 years, 3 months ago

Hospitalizations, not infections, to take lead in determining Covid policy

NL Times  

From September 25, the cabinet is changing its approach to determining the coronavirus policy. Instead of looking at the number of infections to determine which measures are needed to keep the spread of the virus under control, the cabinet will look at the number of Covid-19 related hospital- and ICU admissions, Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said in a letter …

Rural Hospitals in US' West Virginia Hit Bed Capacity As Covid Cases Rise
3 years, 3 months ago

Rural Hospitals in US' West Virginia Hit Bed Capacity As Covid Cases Rise

News 18  

West Virginia health officials say some rural hospitals have reached their critical bed capacities as coronavirus cases and deaths continue to surge statewide. They are pleading with the public to avoid unnecessary ER visits to let hospitals focus their resources on treating COVID-19 patients. There were 813 COVID-19 patients hospitalised statewide Wednesday, just below the record 818 on January 5 …

A COVID Surge Is Overwhelming U.S. Hospitals, Raising Fears Of Rationed Care
3 years, 4 months ago

A COVID Surge Is Overwhelming U.S. Hospitals, Raising Fears Of Rationed Care

NPR  

A COVID Surge Is Overwhelming U.S. Hospitals, Raising Fears Of Rationed Care Enlarge this image toggle caption Kyle Green/AP Kyle Green/AP The U.S. health care system is again buckling under the weight of a COVID-19 surge that has filled more than 100,000 hospital beds nationwide and forced some states to consider enacting "crisis standards of care" — a last resort …

Karnataka HC Directs State To Consider Ascertaining If Covid-19 Patients Admitted In Private Hospitals Under Govt Quota Have Insurance Cover
3 years, 5 months ago

Karnataka HC Directs State To Consider Ascertaining If Covid-19 Patients Admitted In Private Hospitals Under Govt Quota Have Insurance Cover

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has disposed of a petition against allotment of Government reserved beds at private hospitals to such Covid-19 patients who are already covered by medical insurance. It has directed the State Government to consider the submissions made by the Petitioner while chalking out a plan for combating potential third wave of Covid-19. "In the PIL concerning Covid-19, …

Took back charge of vaccine drive on states’ request: Centre
3 years, 6 months ago

Took back charge of vaccine drive on states’ request: Centre

Hindustan Times  

The Union government took back charge of sourcing and supplying vaccines to states after as many as 13 chief ministers wrote to it with a request for a reset of the policy, the Centre informed the Supreme Court on Saturday. “The said decision to review the strategy was taken after receipt of letters from 13 Hon’ble chief ministers as well …

Government caps prices of COVID-19 vaccines at private hospitals
3 years, 7 months ago

Government caps prices of COVID-19 vaccines at private hospitals

The Hindu  

The Centre has capped the prices at which vaccines will be sold at private hospitals. The high price of COVID-19 vaccines at private hospitals is “unacceptable”, and the revised vaccination policy will see reductions, said V.K. We are confident that this will encourage more hospitals, across the country and not just big cities, to come forward for administering vaccines.” Though …

Private hospitals can continue to procure 25% from vaccine makers, says PM
3 years, 7 months ago

Private hospitals can continue to procure 25% from vaccine makers, says PM

India Today  

While addressing the nation on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that keeping in mind people who want to get inoculated at private hospitals, the government will keep allowing private hospitals to buy 25 per cent of the vaccines manufactured in the country. The Prime Minister also added that private hospitals in the country can charge up to Rs 150 …

73% Of Citizens Want State Govt To Cap Registration Fee Levied By Pvt Hospital: Survey
3 years, 7 months ago

73% Of Citizens Want State Govt To Cap Registration Fee Levied By Pvt Hospital: Survey

ABP News  

New Delhi: The third phase of the vaccination drive was to begin on May 1st, however, most states weren't able to kickstart their vaccination drive because they just didn't have enough vaccine stock. When asked, “How much did you or your family member pay for COVID vaccine dose via a private healthcare facility/service provider?” Out of the 8,385 responses 60% …

Grief, suffering, financial distress—how the second wave devastated households
3 years, 7 months ago

Grief, suffering, financial distress—how the second wave devastated households

Hindustan Times  

Anupam Sharma hasn’t had the time to process the grief of losing her sister Alpana Sharma and brother-in-law Kamal Kumar to Covid-19. “We believe health expenditure will rise significantly because of the pandemic…Based on current trends, if 30% of the infected people get hospitalised and amongst them, 30% opt for private hospital and taking a conservative ₹1.5 lakh as the …

"Of Great Concern": Madras High Court Seeks State Government Response On Covid Treatment Rates At Pvt Nursing Homes, Polyclinics, Hospitals
3 years, 7 months ago

"Of Great Concern": Madras High Court Seeks State Government Response On Covid Treatment Rates At Pvt Nursing Homes, Polyclinics, Hospitals

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Thursday issued notice to the State Government on a petition seeking free Covid treatment at all private Nursing Homes, Polyclinics and Hospitals in the State of Tamil Nadu. The Madras High Court has expressed concern about rates of Covid medication dispensed at private healthcare institutions previously as well. When the Court last took up batch …

Fear of Losing Loved Ones to Covid-19 Compels People to Buy Entire ICU Set up, NIV at Any Cost
3 years, 7 months ago

Fear of Losing Loved Ones to Covid-19 Compels People to Buy Entire ICU Set up, NIV at Any Cost

News 18  

Even as India is facing the vicious situation due to second wave of Covid-19, the pandemic has pushed the family members of infected patients to any extent to save the lives of their loved ones. Doctors in Karnataka’s capital city Bengaluru and other states have experienced that people are enquiring about buying an ICU set up or installing the same …

Excessive Fees Charged By Private Hospitals From COVID19 Patients: Andhra Pradesh High Court Orders Payment Be Made Through Nodal Officers To Keep A Check
3 years, 7 months ago

Excessive Fees Charged By Private Hospitals From COVID19 Patients: Andhra Pradesh High Court Orders Payment Be Made Through Nodal Officers To Keep A Check

Live Law  

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to work out modalities for payment of private hospital bills of Covid-19 patients through a Nodal Officer, in order to avoid exorbitant charges being levied by them. Accordingly, the Court has directed the authorities concerned to look into this matter and work out modalities forthwith to see that payments …

Billing By Pvt Hospitals Highly Inflated And Unreasonable: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Mechanism To Regulate Cost On COVID19 Treatment Across The Country
3 years, 7 months ago

Billing By Pvt Hospitals Highly Inflated And Unreasonable: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Mechanism To Regulate Cost On COVID19 Treatment Across The Country

Live Law  

Alleging commercial exploitation of Covid patients by private hospitals, a plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking nationwide Cost Related regulations for treatment of Covid 19 patients at private/ corporate hospitals. The plea has stated that presently when the nation is fighting a battle against a pandemic, all private hospitals running on public land allotted at concessional rates, …

Government Hospitals run out of beds for COVID-19 patients
3 years, 7 months ago

Government Hospitals run out of beds for COVID-19 patients

The Hindu  

Madurai Almost all Intensive Care Units and oxygen-supported beds in Government Hospitals in the district are filled, pushing new patients to wait for their admission. A senior doctor from the Government Rajaji Hospital said almost all the 1,200 beds allocated for COVID-19 patients were occupied. Private hospitals were also referring patients in critical conditions to government hospitals, said S. Gandhimathinathan, …

States with heavy Covid-19 caseloads showing decline, says health ministry
3 years, 7 months ago

States with heavy Covid-19 caseloads showing decline, says health ministry

India Today  

India has seen an unprecedented rise in Covid-19 cases over the last three weeks with some states reporting over 50,000 daily coronavirus infections. The states, which were reporting the highest number of Covid-19 cases till now, have started to show a sliding curve, and in some cases the coronavirus wave is showing signs of plateauing, the Union health ministry said …

'You are looting people': Kerala HC slams private hospitals, lauds LDF govt's price cap on COVID-19 treatment
3 years, 7 months ago

'You are looting people': Kerala HC slams private hospitals, lauds LDF govt's price cap on COVID-19 treatment

Firstpost  

The Pinarayi Vijayan government has capped the price of the general ward at Rs 2,500, which includes nursing, boarding, blood transfusion, and oxygen services The Kerala High Court on Monday accused the state’s private hospitals of “looting” people, and approved the state government’s decision to regulate the price of COVID-19 treatment in private hospitals. All private hospitals would be bound …

Kerala HC Directs State Response On Rates Of Rooms In Covid Hospitals, PPE kits, Charges On Medical Equipment, Doctor/Nurse Fees
3 years, 8 months ago

Kerala HC Directs State Response On Rates Of Rooms In Covid Hospitals, PPE kits, Charges On Medical Equipment, Doctor/Nurse Fees

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Monday remarked that it intended to take up pleas seeking uniform COVID-19 treatment tariffs across private hospitals, labs, and diagnostic centers in the state "with some seriousness". ", the Court asked State Attorney KV Sohan stated that affluent persons could afford to go to "five-star hospitals" and pay for them The Bench replied, "You are …

COVID-It Is A Pity That People Are Dying Due to Lack of Oxygen, There Is No Reason Why Govt. Cannot Invest To Set Up PSA Oxygen Plants In Each Districts: HC Pulls up MP Govt.
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID-It Is A Pity That People Are Dying Due to Lack of Oxygen, There Is No Reason Why Govt. Cannot Invest To Set Up PSA Oxygen Plants In Each Districts: HC Pulls up MP Govt.

Live Law  

Reiterating the earlier directions issued to the State Government for ensuring regular continuous supply of oxygen to all, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday asked the State to "re-look its distribution policy" for Remdesivir injections with all the stakeholders in order to make it available to common man at a reasonable price, and not just to patients on oxygen …

COVID- Supreme Court Asks Centre Whether It Intends To Frame National Policy On Admission Guidelines To Hospitals
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID- Supreme Court Asks Centre Whether It Intends To Frame National Policy On Admission Guidelines To Hospitals

Live Law  

In view of the arbitrary and unjust treatment being meted out by hospitals to patients in matters of admission, the Supreme Court on Friday inquired from the Centre if it intends to formulate a national policy to serve as admission guidelines for all hospitals.If the answer to the above is in the affirmative, the bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud, …

India must prioritise narrowing the gaps in essential medical supplies, hospital capacities: WHO
3 years, 8 months ago

India must prioritise narrowing the gaps in essential medical supplies, hospital capacities: WHO

India Today  

The World Health Organization says that filling the critical gaps in essential medical supplies and hospital capacities should be of first priority as India battles Covid-19 surge. We need to act with speed, expand hospital capacities and equip them with medical supplies, most needed to save lives,” said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, regional director, WHO South-East Asia region. In addition, …

Rush to hospitals, big gatherings worsen India COVID crisis: WHO
3 years, 8 months ago

Rush to hospitals, big gatherings worsen India COVID crisis: WHO

Live Mint  

Geneva: People in India are rushing unnecessarily to hospital, exacerbating a crisis over surging COVID-19 infections caused by mass gatherings, more contagious variants and low vaccination rates, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The WHO is providing critical equipment and supplies to India, including 4,000 oxygen concentrators, which only require an energy source, WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said. "Currently, …

COVID-19 vaccine pricing policy 'unfair': Tamil Nadu CM writes to PM, urges Centre to supply doses
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 vaccine pricing policy 'unfair': Tamil Nadu CM writes to PM, urges Centre to supply doses

Firstpost  

Chennai: Flagging the ‘unfair’ differential price mechanism for COVID-19 vaccines to be procured by the Centre and the state governments, Tamil Nadu said on Monday this places a higher financial burden on states and urged the Centre to supply the doses. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the third phase of inoculation drive covering all over …

Coronavirus restrictions to loosen up as planned, but ICUs very concerned
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus restrictions to loosen up as planned, but ICUs very concerned

NL Times  

The relaxation of several coronavirus lockdown restrictions later this week will continue as planned, despite the number of Covid-19 patients holding above 800. Additionally, the average number of daily coronavirus infections has gone up since the changes were announced during a press conference last Tuesday. For ten straight days, the Dutch intensive care system has been treating over 800 Covid-19 …

Covid-19 | States asked to expand vaccination centres on ‘mission mode’
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 | States asked to expand vaccination centres on ‘mission mode’

The Hindu  

Ahead of expanding vaccination for everyone over 18 years from May 1, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, and Chairman, Empowered Group on Technology and Data Management R.S. Sharma, told States on Saturday to register extra private COVID Vaccination Centres in “mission mode”. States were asked to maintain a real-time record for available beds, create guidelines, direct private health facilities to provide …

Kerala Govt Doctors Call for Covid-19 War Room in Medical Colleges
3 years, 8 months ago

Kerala Govt Doctors Call for Covid-19 War Room in Medical Colleges

News 18  

A section of doctors have urged the Kerala government to set up a ’COVID-19 war room’ in state-run medical colleges to coordinate the treatment arrangements for the pandemic and implement special disability insurance for medical staff suffering from permanant health issues due to the viral infection. Among the suggestions, the association wanted the government to reserve the medical colleges exclusively …

Facing backlash, UP govt revises Covid-19 patients admission policy
3 years, 8 months ago

Facing backlash, UP govt revises Covid-19 patients admission policy

India Today  

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday revised its order enabling admission of Covid-19 patients in private hospitals with referral of the Integrated COVID Command Center after facing criticism from several quarters. According to the rules, only the patients referred by ICCC are admitted in private hospitals, leading to huge rush at the centre for referral letters, drawing criticism on social …

Did You Know Insurance Can Cover Claim For Covid Treatment At Temporary Hospital? Check Details Here
3 years, 8 months ago

Did You Know Insurance Can Cover Claim For Covid Treatment At Temporary Hospital? Check Details Here

ABP News  

With the covid-19 cases breaching new records every day, medical infrastructure in some states is almost on the verge of collapse with some facing a shortage of ICU beds. In such a crisis when Covid-19 patients are facing an acute shortage of beds, it raises another concern whether the health insurance policies, including the Corona Kavach, will cover the cost …

Not Reasonable To Restrain Hospital From Giving Covid Treatment, Merely On Allegation Of Charging Excessive Fees: Allahabad High Court
3 years, 8 months ago

Not Reasonable To Restrain Hospital From Giving Covid Treatment, Merely On Allegation Of Charging Excessive Fees: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday set aside an order of the Chief Medical Officer, Varanasi, restraining a hospital from giving treatment to Covid patients, on the allegation that it realized higher amount than the prescribed amount from a Covid-19 patient. A Division Bench comprising of Justices Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Syed Aftab Rizvi observed that it is not reasonable …

‘We’ve cried ourselves dry’: COVID overwhelms Manila hospitals
3 years, 8 months ago

‘We’ve cried ourselves dry’: COVID overwhelms Manila hospitals

Al Jazeera  

Faced with an alarming wave of cases, medical staff have the grim job of deciding life and death for desperate patients. “I need you to understand that this is the government’s fault,” Barrera said in a social media post that has gone viral. “The lack of a sense of urgency – I think that’s the fundamental problem,” said Dr Anthony …

UP Minister Puts State Authorities in Dock; Says Not Enough Covid Beds, Ambulances in Lucknow
3 years, 8 months ago

UP Minister Puts State Authorities in Dock; Says Not Enough Covid Beds, Ambulances in Lucknow

News 18  

In a letter that surfaced on social media, the Uttar Pradesh law minister has lashed out at his state’s health authorities, complaining that beds for coronavirus patients are falling short and ambulances take hours to arrive in the UP capital, which he said could face a lockdown again. “The beds for COVID-19 patients in hospitals should be increased, testing should …

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