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Patients are Now Being Forced to Pay in Lakhs for PPE Kits and Masks in Private Hospitals, Insurance Company Refused to Claim

Corona patients are suffering from the will of private hospitals across the country. The family members of patients are being given huge bills in the name of fever medicine, vitamin supplements, and PPE kits. In many states including Delhi, Gujarat, and Maharashtra, money is being taken in advance before being admitted to patients.

Unusually, useful items like PPE kits, masks, face shields, and gloves, which are used to bring up throughout 10% of the hospital bill, have now expanded to 50%, which has put the country in crisis. A family in Mumbai was shocked to notice 50% of their bill denoted for PPE kits and N95 masks. The bill given to them by a private hospital was of Rs 2.8 lakh, and PPE and masks cost Rs 1.4 lakh.

A family member in Chennai, a coronavirus survivor, was horrified by witnessing the hospital bills. The PPE costs were Rs 33,000. They put a complaint with the hospital administration to take down the bill.

Accordingly, Live Heed Source  ” 20-25% hype in protection kits from January to March this year as people rushed to buy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Be that as it may, for some, these systems aren’t helping as patients are shelling out a massive aggregate from their own pockets as approaches don’t cover consumables. 

Deepak Bhuvneshwari Uniyal  Co-author, Insurance Samadhan says, expendable things cost close to 10% or so for other medical clinic treatment yet if there should arise an occurrence of COVID-19, it is practically half of the bill sum.

Experts said government interference is necessary, without which patients will finish up spending a charge for Covid-19 treatment in the country.

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