Covid-19: Pvt hospitals under CGHS will charge rates fixed by Delhi govt

The Delhi govt issued an order fixing the cost of a Covid-19 isolation bed in any private hospital in the range of Rs 8,000-10,000 and an ICU bed with ventilator at Rs 15,000-18,000 per day

Private hospitals empanelled under the Central Government Health Scheme will charge from beneficiaries the rates prescribed by the Delhi government for Covid-19 treatment till their states fix its own charges.

An office memorandum issued by the CGHS director said the rates for treatment of Covid-19 in private-empanelled hospitals for CGHS beneficiaries shall be as per the package rate prescribed by the state government concerned.

"In case, no such rate has been prescribed by the state government in any CGHS city, the rates prescribed by the government of NCT Delhi, shall be applicable till rates are notified by the concerned state government," the