If Admitted, Poor Patients Neglected
New Delhi: After a brief reprieve in the wake of the Delhi High Court order that fined Indraprastha Apollo Hospital for not admitting enough patients in the mandatory free beds, such beds in city’s private hospitals that got land at subsidised rates continue to go a-begging.
Of the 504 such beds available in Delhi, 384 were vacant on Wednesday afternoon. Many like Batra, Escorts and Jaipur Golden hospitals had not even bothered to report the status to the government as they are supposed to do on a daily basis, with the result that the number of occupied beds is taken by the health department as vacant. This is as per a stated policy. The state health department, meanwhile, is fighting about 25 cases against various hospitals on the issue. The HC order on Apollo had been stayed by the Supreme Court sometimes back.
Sample this. All 20 beds in Dharamshila Hospital and Research Centre are vacant, as are all 11 in Rockland and Flt Lt Rajan Dhall Hospital each, 39 of 42 in Venu Eye Institute and Research Centre, 10 of 11 in Pushpawati Singhania research Institute. Escorts and Jaipur Golden have 26 free beds each, Batra has 50, Max Devki Devi Heart and Vascular Institute has 19. All these beds have been classified as vacant on the assumption that the hospital would have reported if there was something to report, said a senior health official.
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It's really shocking that, On the pretext of Free service to poor patients, these private hospitals, grab the land and other facilities at throw away prices from the government. And while providing the free treatment, they don't even admit the poor patients. Thats why 384 of the 504 Free beds are vacant.
ReplyDeleteShocked to view that 20 of 20 beds for poor patients are vacant in Dharmshilla Cancer hospital.On the other hand, Just go n view the Delhi State Cancer Hospital started by Smt Shiela Dikshit. Over 500 patients visit it daily for treatment.And every facility including Chemo Therapy as well Radiation is offered free of cost. Dr.Grover at DSCI is providing the best of services to all the patients, poor or others.
The govt must deal firmly with these private hospitals.