Private hospitals caught in Covid crossfire

HYDERABAD | BENGALURU | CHENNAI: Governments in the southern states are attempting to gain control over bed management at private hospitals, amid an uproar by opposition parties and civil society bodies, and censures by courts, over incidents of such hospitals denying admission to Covid-19 patients with insurance cover.Efforts are also being made by certain governments to prescribe the tariffs, following complaints of abnormally high bills being