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[h=1]5 Delhi hospitals fined Rs 600 Crore for refusing free treatment to poor[/h]NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has asked five private hospitals in the city, including Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Max Super Specialty Hospital (Saket), to deposit "unwarranted profits" of over Rs 600 crore for refusing free treatment to the poor, the prime condition for land allotment lease.
Dr Hem Prakash, additional director (EWS) in the Health Department, said these five hospitals -- Max Super Specialty Hospital (Saket), Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Shanti Mukand Hospital, Dharamshila Cancer Hospital and Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute -- were provided lands at concessional rates between 1960 and 1990 on the condition that they will treat the poor free of cost.
"These five hospitals have not abide by the conditions. We had earlier in December 2015, sent notices to these hospitals seeking their explanation as to why they failed to treat the poor and why they should not be fined. But none of them gave satisfactory replies so we initiated action against them," said Prakash. "The penalty has been imposed on the basis of a High Court order passed in 2007 on a PIL demanding implementation of the provision of free treatment to poor and action against the erring hospitals. And the fine amount has been calculated accordingly," he said.
Read more at: http://www.newindianexpress.com/cit...eatment-to-poor/2016/06/12/article3478880.ece
Dr Hem Prakash, additional director (EWS) in the Health Department, said these five hospitals -- Max Super Specialty Hospital (Saket), Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Shanti Mukand Hospital, Dharamshila Cancer Hospital and Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute -- were provided lands at concessional rates between 1960 and 1990 on the condition that they will treat the poor free of cost.
"These five hospitals have not abide by the conditions. We had earlier in December 2015, sent notices to these hospitals seeking their explanation as to why they failed to treat the poor and why they should not be fined. But none of them gave satisfactory replies so we initiated action against them," said Prakash. "The penalty has been imposed on the basis of a High Court order passed in 2007 on a PIL demanding implementation of the provision of free treatment to poor and action against the erring hospitals. And the fine amount has been calculated accordingly," he said.
Read more at: http://www.newindianexpress.com/cit...eatment-to-poor/2016/06/12/article3478880.ece
