Thursday 1 September 2011

Supreme Court: Private hospitals can not charge the Poor


Hospitals are not "shirk" responsible for treatment of the free movement of the poor of the charge, the court said."The most important thing is that poor patients do not recover," said the bank rejected all against some private hospitals offer free care to the poor.






The court approved a batch of petitions in the order left ten private hospitals in Delhi High Court challenge to provide free treatment for the sick poor, Friday, March, and the rents on the board.There are 37 hospitals, which was granted in March, prices of government benefits, 27 is to provide free treatment to poor patients.


                                   



"Why did you (and hospitals) to obtain the land? Bring the government and buy elsewhere," says the court to inform hospitals seem prayed that it was not possible to provide free treatment poor in all cases."You want to avoid signing a contract with the Government to take the country (presentation)," the court said.

Hospitals argued that the treatment of diseases such as cancer, neuro-surgery and plastic surgery is expensive and not be given free of charge.

                             

Court upheld the Delhi High Court order, which in 2007 decided that all private hospitals, which received the public in March at a cost of heavily subsidized to provide free treatment to the poor, to reserve 25% of the outpatient department (OPD) capacity and 10% of patients in use of the capacity for them





















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