Indian Express: Chandigarh:
Tuesday, 04 August 2020.
Three
days after a group of lawyers wrote to Haryana health minister Anil Vij,
demanding that private clinical establishments declared as Covid care hospitals
be asked to proactively disclose Covid-related information, including the
protocols issued to them by the state– Haryana health website Monday uploaded
details of all private hospitals equipped with handling Covid patients.
The
documents uploaded on the website details the list of notified Covid hospitals
in the state, both private and government. It also mentions the number of beds
at each hospital and the number of beds dedicated to Covid-19 patients, along
with the charges inclusive of taxes that can be incurred during the Covid
treatment. As per the document, a total of 42 hospitals have been declared as
covid care hospitals for moderate and severe cases in Haryana. Another document
also details the updated price for Covid-19 sampling fixed by the state.
The
non-profit organisation had demanded that the covid care hospitals be directed
to proactively disclose information on the lines of suo motu disclosure
envisaged under the RTI Act for public authorities. The organisation had
demanded information on money to be charged by clinical establishments,
particulars of organisations, powers and duties of officers, channels of
supervision and accountability, particulars of any arrangement that exists for
consultation with or representation by, the members of public in relation to
formulation of its policy or implementation, among others, be made public
through government health websites.
The
demand had come following a report published by The Indian Express which
enumerated an incident about a patient who who was refused admission by a
private hospital and had passed away a few hours later.
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