They had released a set of rules in May to target profiteering hospitals and made it open for public suggestions
The Delhi government has received suggestions from various groups over the guidelines framed on the functioning of private hospitals in the capital. The government had released a set of rules in May to target profiteering by private hospitals and made it open for public suggestions for a month.
The last date for submitting the suggestions is July 10. The department of health will then analyse and study all the proposals sent by the various organisations. The final draft will be submitted to Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain who will take the final call.
The department has received proposals from Indian Medical Association (IMA), Delhi Medical Association (DMA), ASSOCHAM etc. "We will study all the points which have been suggested by these organisations. If the proposals will be genuine, we will make the amendments and then send the final draft to the Health Minister. The final call will be taken by him," said Dr Kirti Bhushan, directorate general of health services (DGHS), Delhi government.
As per the draft advisory, private hospitals can charge patients the maximum retail prices for medicines in the National List of Essential Medicines, 2015, as their prices have already been capped.
The draft lists amendments proposed by an expert committee to the Delhi Nursing Homes Registration Rules. Clinical establishments in the National Capital Territory of Delhi can bill patients for non-essential drugs, disposables and consumables.
The advisory was framed after the AAP government formed a nine-member committee to monitor the functioning of private hospitals in the Capital. Hospitals in the region should also ensure that rates of surgery packages should be "transparent, without any hidden charges," and should disclose whether it covers any complications during the procedure.
The decision to form the committee was made following a series of meetings by the health minister with various professional and regulatory organisations representing doctors at medical institutions across Delhi. The move came after a family alleged medical negligence against Max hospital in Shalimar Bagh for wrongly declaring a baby dead.
The draft policy also prohibits private hospitals and nursing homes from refusing to hand over bodies over pending bills. DNA on January 11 had reported about the health department's draft policy. The general public can now send their suggestions on the draft policies within 30 days.
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- The decision to form the committee was made following a series of meetings by the health minister with various professional and regulatory organisations representing doctors at medical institutions across Delhi.
- The move came after a family alleged medical negligence against Max hospital for wrongly declaring a baby dead.
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