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District records 3,855 new cases; 3,341 persons recover from infection
Ernakulam saw 3,855 new COVID cases and a test positivity rate (TPR) of 24.59% on Friday.
The district’s active caseload stands at 69,196. A total of 15,680 tests were done.
ICU admissions have risen to 505. On Thursday, 476 patients were admitted to ICUs, and the figure was at 453 on Wednesday.
Eight health workers were among those who tested positive on Friday. Thrikkakara recorded 177 new cases, Kadungalloor 154, Alanagad and Nayarambalam 90 each, Thripunithura 89, and Palluruthy 83.
A total of 3,341 people were considered to have recovered on the day, and 231 people were discharged from hospitals and other treatment centres.
Of those recovering from the infection, 60,646 are at home, 2,518 are admitted at private hospitals, 658 are at government hospitals, 82 are at INHS Sanjivani, and 1,437 are at FLTCs, SLTCs and domiciliary care centres.
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Activists say private hospital bills still on higher side, complain MRP printed on consumables exorbitant
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Enforced with immediate effect, hospitals flouting the rates liable to pay penalty 10 times the addl charges.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Following strictures from the High Court and several complaints of fleecing from different parts of Kerala, the state government on Monday capped the maximum amount that a private hospital can charge from a Covid patient undergoing treatment at a private hospital.The new rates have been enforced with immediate effect, said the order issued by the principal health secretary. The hospitals flouting the rates shall be liable to pay a penalty which shall be 10 times the additional charges.
Kanji at Rs 1,300 shocks Kerala HC, tells govt to enforce order capping Covid treatment at private hospitals immediately
The HC made it clear that no private hospitals shall be entitled to charge on consumables and PPE kits, essential instruments like Oximeter more than the cost price at which it was procured by them.
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Kerala High Court on Monday held that the order fixing treatment charges in private hospitals should be strictly implemented. (Photo | EPS)
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KOCHI: Lauding the government for capping the treatment charges in private hospitals in the state, the Kerala High Court on Monday held that the order fixing treatment charges in private hospitals should be strictly implemented forthwith and the new rates will be applicable for all hospital admissions since the official notification of the order.