9 Karnal hospitals indicted for overcharging

Parveen Arora

tribune news service

Karnal, June 23

Even as the Haryana Government has fixed rates for Covid treatment, at least nine city hospitals have been found guilty of overcharging.

Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav had formed an audit team to probe the accounts of 15 private medical institutions. The nine hospitals charged Rs 57.17 lakh excess amount from 481 patients between March 1 and May 31, the audit report found.

The audit team found no discrepancies in the record of five hospitals, while the record of one hospital was not found in order. Its management has been issued a show-cause notice and told to reply in a week. Civil Surgeon Dr Yogesh Sharma has been told to get the excess amount refunded to the patients or their attendants.

Yadav said, “The audit team reviewed each and every bill and contacted the attendants or patients. I will ensure that the overcharged amount is refunded to them.”