Need signboards with treatment cost details: Association

To enhance patient convenience and transparency, the Employees Welfare Association at Jallianwala Martyrs Memorial Civil Hospital has requested the installation of signboards at its premises to help people know which services are given free of cost.

The employees’ body stated that the signboards should display information on free treatment and medicines provided by the government, as well as official fees for specific services, which patients have to pay for.

Leader of the association, Rakesh Sharma, said that these display boards would ensure that poor patients can benefit from these services without being exploited. Sharma pointed out that chance of gullible patients being charged even for treatments which are free increase when the patients have no information.

He added that the boards should also display contact information of officers who can be approached if someone demands payment for treatment or asks patients to buy medicines from the market. Gurumeet Singh of the association said it will empower patients and help them to make informed decisions.