Faridabad private hospitals ‘turn away’ patients

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, April 13

The district health authorities have warned administrative action against all those private hospitals who were found to be turning away Covid patients in a wrong manner.

In a letter issued today to these hospitals, Dr Randeep Singh Poonia, Civil Surgeon, Faridabad, said it had been found that many private hospitals had been refusing admittance to Covid patients by claiming the non-availability of beds, while detailed analysis of the situation and physical report submitted to the office had found that most of the beds meant for Covid patients were lying vacant in the private hospitals.

Directing the authorities of these hospitals to display daily the current availability of beds in the reception area, updating of the guideline directed medical therapy (GMDT) portal and submission of the physical report on a daily basis, the Civil Surgeon warned of strict action against the hospitals under the Covid-pandemic guidelines if complaints against them were found to be true.

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