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.