If we go by the recent incidents, there will be a day when people will prefer to die of their diseases rather than going to a hospital for treatment.
A 7-yr girl died of dengue in September while getting treated in Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram, and the hospital charged nearly Rs. 18 lakhs for a 15-day stay. Moreover, there were some serious discrepancies in the manner the girl was treated by the hospital.
Now another hospital in Gurugram has charged Rs. 15.88 lakh from a family of an eight years old boy who died after getting treated for dengue in the hospital for 21 days.
The boy was shifted to Medanta hospital, Gurugram, from another hospital and this is what the kid’s father told,
“My child was there in the hospital for 21 days, the hospital gave us a bill of Rs 15.88 lakh. We had to request people for money; the hospital has looted us in the name of treatment.”
The amount was so huge that the parents had to ask for money from other people and the father also alleged that despite charging so much, the doctors of the hospital made them shift the boy in a government hospital when there was no improvement in the boy’s condition.
Complaint received at Police Station Sadar yesterday, complainant has leveled allegation on Medanta Hospital (Gurugram), their child suffering from dengue was admitted in the hospital, huge bill penalty was imposed on them. Investigation is underway: Gurugram Police PRO pic.twitter.com/khiByjGOBw
— ANI (@ANI) December 23, 2017
My child was there in the hospital for 21 days, the hospital gave us a bill of Rs 15.88 lakh. We had to request people for money, the hospital has looted us in the name of treatment: Father of the deceased child #Gurugram pic.twitter.com/WUKz5SzscS
— ANI (@ANI) December 23, 2017
When the doctors at Medanta felt that the child's condition is such that he can no longer be kept there, then they pushed us to shift him to a Govt hospital, so we shifted him there: Father of the deceased child #Gurugram
— ANI (@ANI) December 23, 2017
After the boy succumbed to his illness, the family decided to file a complaint against the hospital as they feel cheated; they had paid such a huge amount and still their son was not saved.
Twitter furiously reacted over the matter. Check out some of the selected tweets:
Agree?
https://twitter.com/Baiju70708256/status/944872077386956800
They are looting people:
all such big hospitals are working as Mafia & looting people in a organized way.
— Capt. Ajay Kumar (@kumarrewari) December 24, 2017
It has become more or less a business instead of a service:
Hospitals r NOW a day's doing business not service .I think central govt should bring a new bill for
PEOPLE who suffers in this type of hospitals .— ASHWIN PATEL (@ASHWINP2707) December 24, 2017
Aaj insan ki koi mole nai rha sab business ban gya hai insan chahe jiye ya mare apna business chalta rehna chahiye.
— RAVIKANT MISHRA (@RAVIKAN66585820) December 24, 2017
Users shared their experience too:
https://twitter.com/DhakkadLonda/status/944617515216334849
This is not a problem of only Delhi but its a problem of whole India. In bangalore also doctors and hospital charges a hell for fever only… To earn more and more
— priyanshu neekhra (@priyanshuN) December 24, 2017
Strict punishment should be given to culprits:
@narendramodi @mlkhattar @PMOIndia इस तरह का लूट खसोट बंद होनी चाहिए, ज़िम्मेदारी तय होनी चाहिए और सभी दोषियों को सज़ा दी जानी ज़रूरी हैं.
— M (@KumarPankaj2017) December 24, 2017
Million-dollar advice:
We citizens should refrain from falling I'll else we need to pay hefty price or might end up also. Let's be cautious and start exercising to keep ourselves healthy.
— Sanjiv Kumar Gupta (@sanjiv_skg) December 24, 2017
Investigation into the matter has started and we genuinely feel that such hospitals should be stopped from charging unnecessary and huge amount from the families of patients.
RIP.