Panel to be formed to scrutinise disputable bills in private hospitals

Other important orders

Increase pace of vaccination

Solve manpower crisis in health sector before third wave

Action against people who spread rumours on social media

Boost health machinery in rural areas

Lokmat News Network

Nagpur, May 15

The cooperation extended by the private hospitals following an appeal by the administration during coronavirus pandemic is invaluable. But inquiry should be conducted against some anti-social elements, who tried to exploit the situation during this period. A medical committee should be formed which will work in an unbiased manner to check malpractices committed by the private hospitals and scrutinise complaints about private hospitals and check disputable and exaggerated bills, directed energy and guardian minister Nitin Raut to NMC commissioner.

A Covid review meeting was held in divisional commissioner's office on Saturday. Divisional commissioner Dr Sanjeev Kumar, police commissioner Amitesh Kumar, district collector Ravindra Thakare, NMC commissioner Radhakrishnan B, chief executive officer of Zilla Parishad Yogesh Kumbhejkar, director of Directorate General of Information and Public Relations Hemraj Bagul, dean of GMCH Dr Sudhir Gupta, dean of Mayo Dr Ajay Keoliya, deputy director of health department Dr Sanjay Jaiswal, district civil surgeon Dr Devendra Paturkar, district health officer D S Selokar, president of IMA Dr Sanjay Deotale and president of Hospital Association Anoop Marar were present in the meeting.

The concept of reserving 80 per cent of beds in hospitals has benefited lot of corona patients during the peak. There are complaints from several people that medical treatment has not been provided as per the rates fixed by MNC, while the hospitals have put up billboards in front of 80 per cent beds, but it was not followed.

Bharat Biotech should come to MIHAN

The Bharat Biotech project should come to MIHAN in Nagpur and a concrete action plan should be submitted within a week to bring a other pharma companies in Nagpur. Air Liquid France wants to set up a 100 metric tonne oxygen plant in Nagpur. Raut instructed the divisional commissioner to immediately discuss take up the matter with the company and finalise the road map.

SOP for mucormycosis injections

An expert panel will be constituted to ascertain the dosage of mucormycosis drugs, drug cost, surgery cost and how it can be made available to poor at reasonable rates will be discussed, said district collector Thakare, SOPs will be finalised and a report will be submitted by the district administration in seven days.