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Inquiry panel recommended action against labs, hospital for exploiting patients
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People waiting in a queue to undergo COVID-19 testing at the Health and Wellness Centre at Kosapalayam.
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Inquiry panel recommended action against labs, hospital for exploiting patients
The Puducherry Health Department has asked the district administration to initiate action against three private laboratories for conducting COVID-19 tests without permission.
The labs are Selvan Lab, Red Clinic Lab and ECG, Reddiayarpalayam and M. S Diagnostic Lab, Lawspet.
The department had also sought proceedings against East Coast Hospitals, Moolakulam, for charging fees in excess of the fixed rate for antigen and RT-PCR test.
Express News Service
PUDUCHERRY: Four private laboratories in Puducherry were found carrying out unauthorised COVID-19 tests as well as overcharging patients. Also, they did not report COVID-19 cases to the Health Department. Following this, Director of Health Dr S Mohan Kumar has written to the District Collector cum District Magistrate Purva Garg recommending action against these laboratories.
An inspection by a team of health officials found that four laboratories Selvan Clinical Laboratory on Thiyagaraja Street, Red Clinical Lab and ECG, Kavery Nagar, Reddiarpalayam, East Coast Hospitals, Moolakulam and M S Diagnosite Laboratory at Lawspet collected throat swabs for Covid testing at a much higher cost than the rates fixed by the government.