Pricing authority issues notice to Gurugram Fortis hospital
Fortis Hospital
The authority has asked the hospital to provide copies of invoices, names of the medicines and other details by December 8?
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has sent a notice to Gurugram's Fortis Hospital over alleged charging of exorbitant bill from a dengue patient.
The authority has asked the hospital to provide copies of invoices, names of the medicines and other details by December 8.
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority'smove came after aseven-year-old girl died in Gurugram's Fortis Memorial Research Institute after undergoing treatment for dengue for 15 days.
The deceased's parents said that theywere not allowed to take the body of their daughter until they paid the outstanding bill of Rs 16 lakh, reports said.
The parents of the girl claimed that the hospital staff kept their daughter on the ventilator for three days even after she had stopped responding to the treatment.
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The child died on 14 September 2017.
The hospital, on the other hand, said that there was nothing wrong on their part and that they followed all "standard medical protocols and clinical guidelines".
The hospital addedthat there was a progressive fall in her platelet count and hemoconcentration.With consistent deteriorating of her health, the girl was put on on ventilator support within 48 hours.
Earlier the Union Health Minister JP Nadda had assured to take an action against the people involved in the matter.