Permission of TN Hospital Cancelled for Overcharging COVID Patient

The private hospital in Chennai also did not provide medicines for COVID patients, as prescribed by the government.

The Tamil Nadu government temporarily cancelled the authorisation of Be Well Hospital in Chennai’s Kilpauk to treat COVID-19 patients as the private facility was found charging more than the tariff fixed by the state. The hospital charged Rs 12.20 lakh from a COVID-19 patient for 19 days despite the cap fixed by the government. The private hospital also did not provide special medicines as per the government protocol for treating the patients.