Pvt hospitals on govt land asked for data on free treatment of poor
TNN | Mar 14, 2019, 04:15 ISTCuttack: The state government has issued a notification making it mandatory for all private hospitals and nursing homes that have received land at concessional rates to submit data online regarding free treatment of Below Poverty Line (BPL) patients by the 10th of every month for the preceding month.
This is the first initiative by the state government to monitor the treatment of poor patients in private hospitals and nursing homes that had come up on land provided at subsidy. In the event of failure to comply, action will be initiated against the defaulters, the notification warned.
Besides, stringent action will be taken against the defaulting institutions as per the provisions incorporated in the Odisha Clinical Establishments (Control and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016 and the Odisha Clinical Establishments (Control and Regulation) Rules, 2018, along with recovering the cost of land at the prevailing market rate, the notification issued on March 2 warned.
The notification was issued following a high court direction. On February 19, the high court had issued the direction on a PIL seeking the implementation of a Supreme Court directive on free treatment of the poor in private hospitals by the state government.
The Supreme Court had in September 2011 directed all private hospitals built on subsidised government land to reserve 25% of their out-patient department capacity and 10% beds in the indoor level for the free treatment. Odia Yuva Manch president Rohan Mohanty had filed the PIL in April 2013. On July 24, 2014, the health department had issued a notification making it mandatory for private hospitals that were allotted government land at subsidised rates to provide free treatment to the poor and needy. Nearly 124 acres of government land in Bhubaneswar has been provided at concessional rates to 44 private hospitals.
This is the first initiative by the state government to monitor the treatment of poor patients in private hospitals and nursing homes that had come up on land provided at subsidy. In the event of failure to comply, action will be initiated against the defaulters, the notification warned.
Besides, stringent action will be taken against the defaulting institutions as per the provisions incorporated in the Odisha Clinical Establishments (Control and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016 and the Odisha Clinical Establishments (Control and Regulation) Rules, 2018, along with recovering the cost of land at the prevailing market rate, the notification issued on March 2 warned.
The notification was issued following a high court direction. On February 19, the high court had issued the direction on a PIL seeking the implementation of a Supreme Court directive on free treatment of the poor in private hospitals by the state government.
The Supreme Court had in September 2011 directed all private hospitals built on subsidised government land to reserve 25% of their out-patient department capacity and 10% beds in the indoor level for the free treatment. Odia Yuva Manch president Rohan Mohanty had filed the PIL in April 2013. On July 24, 2014, the health department had issued a notification making it mandatory for private hospitals that were allotted government land at subsidised rates to provide free treatment to the poor and needy. Nearly 124 acres of government land in Bhubaneswar has been provided at concessional rates to 44 private hospitals.
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