Panel of IAS officers to monitor hospital Covid rates: Telangana CM

HYDERABAD: Telangana government on Wednesday constituted a three-member task force committee of IAS officers to look into complaints against private hospitals for overcharging Covid-19 patients.

Rahul Bojja, Sarfaraz Ahmed and D Divya are the members of the committee. Officials sources said the committee would monitor the private hospitals on their fee structure and see if they are following the protocols and rates fixed by the state government. “The committee will also look into safety parameters being maintained by the private hospitals,” sources said. Chief secretary Somesh Kumar issued a GO in this regard.
KCR announced in the assembly that a task force committee of IAS officers would be constituted. He also said his government is considering Aarogyasri scheme for Covid patients who are under the BPL category. Reacting to a suggestion from CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka that private hospitals’ excessive billing should be monitored, the CM said he had anticipated that these hospitals would exploit the pandemic situation, the CM recalled. He, ruled out implementing the Ayushman Bharat scheme in the state. “The governor had also told me to implement the central scheme, which is inferior to Aarogyasri. Centre wants us to implement its scheme, which is useless,” he added.