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June 05, 2021 13:06 IST
The BSP chief’s remarks came a day after the Punjab government asked private hospitals to return all vaccine stock meant for the 18-44 age group and ordered a probe into the allegations.
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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati: “Congress stand and statements on vaccines so far lacked seriousness”. File photo
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The BSP chief’s remarks came a day after the Punjab government asked private hospitals to return all vaccine stock meant for the 18-44 age group and ordered a probe into the allegations.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday hit out at the Congress-led Punjab government for allegedly selling COVID-19 vaccine doses procured under the state quota to private hospitals at a higher rate, saying profiteering during an emergency is indecent and inhuman.
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Hitting out at the Punjab government for selling government quota of COVID vaccines to private hospitals, AAP MLA Raghav Chadha said that Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh-led government had committed another major vaccine scam and robbed the people of the state of crores of rupees.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday hit out at the Congress-led Punjab government for allegedly selling COVID-19 vaccine doses procured under the state quota to private hospitals at a higher rate, saying profiteering during an emergency is indecent and inhuman.
CHANDIGARH – To stop overcharging for Covid-19 treatment by private hospitals, Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu directed all Civil Surgeons to ensure the display of treatment charges that should not exceed the capping proposed by the Punjab Government.
Sidhu clarified that no private hospital could charge more than the notified treatment charges and if anyone took more than the government notified rates, such a person could complain to the DC or Civil Surgeon concerned. The government has already issued the instructions to district administrations in this regard.
The minister said it had been brought to his notice that even after directions issued by the government, some hospitals had been overcharging Covid patients. He said that taking notice of such incidents, FIRs have been registered against the private hospitals across the state under Epidemic Diseases Act and Disaster Management Act. TNS