Singh said he filed the writ not only for seeking justice in his case but for larger interest of a common man
Jayant Singh, father of the deceased baby, Adya Singh moved the Supreme Court with the hope to seek justice against the exploitative tactics of the private hospitals.
Singh along with the deceased baby Shourya Pratap's father, Gopendra Parmar while addressing the media on Thursday said, "I have filed the petition not only for seeking respite in my case, but for the larger interest of a common man."
DNA accessed a copy of the petition which states that the Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI) in Gurugram engaged in blatant profiteering.
Singh was billed close to Rs 16 lakh for the treatment of his daughter at FMRI.
The same happened with the Parmar family because of which they are on the verge of losing their property that had been mortgaged against loans to pay off the heavy hospital bills. After having paid over Rs 15 lakhs to private-run Medanta Hospital in Gurugram Parmar's son Shourya died due to dengue.
In the light of the recent National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) analysis that exposes the fraud of private hospitals, which charge up to 1737% profit margin on consumables, Singh demanded the creation of a central and state regulatory authority for fair pricing in healthcare.
Singh's petition states, "This situation has only been occasioned due to the absence of an effective supervising agency and due to the inadequate protection/safeguards available in the Medical Council of India Act, 1956, to prevent acts of gross medical negligence."
Singh said the main aim of filing the writ was to declare the practise of setting profit targets between hospitals, healthcare professionals, diagnostic labs, pharmaceutical companies as illegal.
Singh and Parmar had complained to the NPPA and urged it to look into overcharging by hospitals after which the NPPA released a stark analysis few days back.
Parmar concurred. "I would not have had to bring my child to as far as Medanta Hospital in Gurugram if my district hospital in Dholpur, Rajasthan had the facility for transfusion of platelets."
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- Jayant Singh was billed close to Rs 16 lakh for the treatment of his daughter at FMRI
- The same happened with the Parmar family because of which they are on the verge of losing their property that had been mortgaged against loans to pay off the heavy hospital bills of over Rs 15 lakhs at Medanta Hospital
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