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Rs 36 cr refunded by hospitals for overcharging Covid patients: Maha govt

Hospitals in Maharashtra have so far refunded Rs 36 crore to COVID-19 patients after being found to have overcharged, health minister Rajesh Tope told the Legislative Council on Thursday

Covid: Delhi govt converts 4 pvt hospitals into Omicron dedicated centres

The Delhi government on Saturday converted four private hospitals into dedicated centres for the treatment of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron

Over 140 million free health IDs generated so far: Lok Sabha informed

The National Health Authority is creating awareness among citizens about the usage and advantages of the Health IDs

Only 3-5% of total hospital beds available for emergency care: Report

The report assessed the prevailing status of 100 emergency and injury care centres in government and private hospital settings in 28 states and 2 union territories of India

Doctors of 3 govt hospitals boycott routine, emergency services from Monday

As the resident doctors boycotted work, the DGHS is learnt to have visited the Safdarjung hospital where he appealed to the resident doctors for calling off the protest, but they refused

LNJP sets up 40 beds for Omicron variant patients: Medical director

The health department had asked the hospital to earmark wards for isolating and treating such patients

OPD services affected in 3 Centre-run hospitals for third consecutive day

Resident doctors of three central hospitals withdrew from rendering OPD services in protest against repeated postponement of NEET-PG 2021 counselling

Private hospitals sitting on 10 million unused Covid-19 vax doses

Close to 2 million may expire in December; hospitals start giving free shots

HCG acquires majority stake in Suchirayu

Suchirayu owns a multi-speciality hospital in Hubli with an operational capacity of 110 beds

Handful of Delhi hospitals equipped to treat victims of fire incidents

Only a few hospitals have burn wards for treating victims of fire incidents in a city like Delhi, which has seen over 500 people getting injured in such incidents on an average every year from 2017.

Bhopal hospital blaze: CM orders fire safety audit of all hospitals in MP

The chief minister said the fire at the hospital in the state capital on Monday was a result of "criminal negligence", and the guilty will not be spared.

Private sector looks for ways to liquidate excess vaccine stock

Some hospitals have opened talks with companies to take the unused doses back and distribute them in areas that need them

Maha hospital fire: Some Covid-19 patients died due to smoke, say police

The ward had been added to the hospital after the pandemic began, officials earlier said.

Ahmednagar fire: Maharashtra govt to give Rs 5 lakh to kin of deceased

Rajesh Tope announced an ex gratia amount of Rs 5 lakh each for the kin of those who were killed in the fire mishap

Maha: One more blaze, same old woes as Covid patients die in hospitals

The fire in the Ahmednagar hospital is one more in a series of devastating blazes in the state

Hospitals can't charge more than Rs 5,000 for diagnosis: West Bengal govt

According to the advisory, in case a person is not carrying the card the same must be searched with the Aadhar number of the beneficiary in the Swasthya Sathi web portal.

2 container-based mobile hospitals soon: Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya

The Centre will monitor the use of funds after they have been released to the states

Senior monk of Ramakrishna Math passes away, West Bengal CM condoles death

Swami Ameyanandaji Maharaj passed away at a hospital run by the spiritual organisation

Corporate hospitals expect revenue and margins to surpass pre-Covid times

Non-Covid occupancies, higher average revenue per occupied bed, cost rationalisation driving growth

SC to devise mechanism for grievance redressal of over-charging by hospital

SC on Friday said that it will devise a mechanism for redressal of grievances concerning overcharging of expenses by hospitals and doctors from Covid-19 patients during second wave of pandemic.