The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission on Monday decided to hand over Rs 1 lakh as compensation to a family of a man, who was forced by Woodlands Hospital to shift as soon as he tested positive for Covid-19 last June.
A 79-year-old man was admitted to Woodlands in June. Soon after his admission he tested positive for Covid-19. Banerjee said the report arrived in the evening.
“The hospital immediately started putting pressure on the family to shift him elsewhere,” he said.
Banerjee added the hospital had arranged for the patient’s transfer to Desun Hospital and also arranged an ambulance.
Refund and damages order for 2 Calcutta hospitals The commission also asked Bandhan Hospital in Nadia’s Krishnagar to pay Rs 3 lakh as compensation to the family of a man who was admitted there
The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission on Thursday asked AMRI Hospitals Dhakuria to refund Rs 3.19 lakh to the family of a man who was admitted to the hospital with Covid.
The hospital had billed the patient Rs 9.34 lakh for a stay of 11 days.
The commission also asked Bandhan Hospital in Nadia’s Krishnagar to pay Rs 3 lakh as compensation to the family of a man who was admitted there after meeting with a road accident.
Commission order to six hospitals West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission asked hospitals to pay compensation to patients
The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission on Thursday ordered several private hospitals to pay compensation to patients or their families.
Woodlands Hospital was asked to pay Rs 50,000 to a patient’s family for putting pressure on them to shift the patient, who was critically ill and on ventilation, to another hospital after the person tested positive for Covid, retired judge Ashim Banerjee, the chairperson of the commission, said.
The hospital argued they were not treating Covid patients in June, when this incident happened. But the commission said that was no excuse for the hospital to ask the family to shift the patient.
The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission on Friday asked R Flemming Hospital to return Rs 3 lakh to a Covid patient and Horizon Life Line to return Rs 2 lakh to another after it found that the city hospitals had overcharged the patients.
Retired judge Ashim Banerjee, the chairperson of the commission, said they found that Horizon Life Line had charged more than the government capped rates for personal protection equipment (PPE) and doctors’ consultation fees.
Regarding the complaint against R Flemming, he said that the bill generated by the hospital was not justified given the fact that the patient had stayed most of the days in a general bed.