Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 27 (ANI): To ensure the scientific management of bio-medical waste (BMW), a bar code system is being used in all government and private hospitals across Punjab.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 27 (ANI): Actress Vijayalakshmi was admitted to a private hospital on Sunday in Chennai after she allegedly attempted suicide.
Chandigarh [India], July 27 (ANI): The Punjab government on Sunday decided to provide plasma to private hospitals from its plasma bank at a cost of Rs 20,000 per unit.
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Even as Delhi government has capped price of treatment for COVID-19, complaints of "overcharging" and "exorbitant medical bills" at private hospitals continue to surface with a family having had to cough up over Rs 16,000 for three-hour stay in an isolation
Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 24 (ANI): About 50 COVID-19 patients protested against what they said was the poor management of a private hospital in Tamil Nadu's Kanchipuram district on Friday.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 19 (ANI): The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner N Manjunath on Sunday warned of stringent action against those private hospitals who are hiding the truth about the availability of beds.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 18 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa convened a meeting with Private Medical College Hospitals on Saturday to assess COVID-19 management and directed them to provide 50 per cent of the beds, as promised, with effect from Sunday.
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 18 (ANI): The district administration in Madurai has issued a notice to 120 private hospitals for allegedly remaining closed despite being asked to remain open and continue serving patients during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
Chandigarh [India], July 16 (ANI): To check profiteering by private hospitals during the current pandemic, the Punjab government has fixed their COVID treatment rates.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 15 (ANI): Amid difficulties being faced by COVID-19 patients in getting beds, the Karnataka government on Wednesday made bed allocation display board mandatory in all hospitals registered under Karnataka Private Medical Establishment (KPME).
SAS Nagar (Punjab) [India], July 15 (ANI): In view of the rising cases, private hospitals in SAS Nagar will extend home care treatment to asymptomatic COVID-19 patients. This will help to keep the tertiary care (L3) facilities vacant and ready for the treatment of those critical.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 13 (ANI): Karnataka Deputy chief minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan on Monday urged chief minister BS Yediyurappa to cancel the license of private hospitals and private medical colleges which did not hand over their 50 per cent beds, to the government, Karnata