This is as per data from the General Insurance Council of India.
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BENGALURU: Karnataka stands third among states, after Maharashtra and Gujarat, in terms of Covid-19 insurance claims from the start of the pandemic until April 1, 2021. Patients in the state have claimed Rs 11,36,36,58,040 crore through public and private insurance so far. The figures for Maharashtra and Gujarat are Rs 4,345 crore and Rs 1,922 crore, respectively.
As per an analysis done by Jeevan Raksha, an initiative of Proxima, supported by Public Health Foundation of India, average Covid-19 claims from some districts are higher than Bengaluru, although the cost of running a hospital in the metropolitan city is significantly higher. This is as per data from the General Insurance Council of India.
Private hospitals seek time to hand over 50% beds
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They have flagged the issue of pending bills too, though government authorities say some of them were false claims
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A BBMP health worker collecting swab samples of passengers at Kempe Gowda bus station, for the COVID-19 test, in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
They have flagged the issue of pending bills too, though government authorities say some of them were false claims
Although the State government has directed private hospitals to reserve 50% beds for government-referred COVID-19 patients, the hospital managements say it may take a couple of weeks to begin the system as they already have other patients admitted.
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Small and mid-segment hospitals in B’luru, Chennai & H’bad battle low occupancy rates despite drop in Covid cases and arrival of vaccines
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According to Ramana Prasad, chief executive of Hyderabad-based Prasad Hospitals, emergencies and deliveries segment is picking up.
Bengaluru | Chennai | Hyderabad: Most small and mid-segment budget hospitals in Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad are battling low-occupancy rates even after a sharp drop in Covid-19 cases and arrival of vaccines.
Though there has been a slow uptick in the admission of non-Covid patients for the past two months, it is nowhere close to the pre-Covid times, say sections of hospital executives ET spoke to across the three southern cities.
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