Recently I had to visit 3 private hospitals as my close relatives(family) were hospitalized. In fact they were in 3 different hospitals. Shockingly, the staff behaved in the same atrocious manner. Briefly:
1 They refused to let the patient go till the full bill was cleared. They refused to accept credit cards or cheques. 2 I was made to wait for 4 hours to take discharge orders as the consulting Dr/s had not come on his rounds, even though, the Dr/s had advised me to take the patient home the previous day. This was to facilitate visit charges ranging from 600 to 1000. 3 Why should Dr/s charge consulting fees at this high rate even though, the patient was admitted in his hospital, at his instance. The consulting charges in his room was 400 and for repeat 300. They could have taken the patient to the consulting cabin and then, I would have saved a few thousand rupees. 4 They charge exorbitantly for basic room. Now for a 4 bedded room why charge 700 per day when the average rent in the area is 15000 pm for 550 sq ft. At the rate of 15000 per 550%u2019 the rent for the bed should have been 40 per day, only. Is there a monitoring/regulatory agency? 5 Why should they charge for Oxygen, even though, it is not required and when the cylinder is empty? Are there rules as to when a patient is to be admitted to an ICU? 6 Hospitals do not take exemptions under the IT Act and they do not display this on their Advertisement boards. The result the costs reim
