Kolkata : West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) has asked all private hospitals not to deny treatment to patients under this scheme. health partner (SS) plan. The commission said on Wednesday that it has been receiving several complaints about refusal of health companions.
“Several patients have come to us in the last few months with complaints against private hospitals for denying the Swasthya Sathi scheme. WBCERC chairman Justice (Retd) Ashim Kumar Banerjee said, “On Tuesday, we sat down with officials of the state health department, who takes care of the Swasthya Sathi scheme, to discuss how private hospitals can achieve this universal health. contribute to the scheme. This direction of the health panel comes a day after the state health department issued a series of circulars regarding health fellow patients.
TOI on Wednesday informed the hospitals about the health partner on the advice of the health department. Private hospitals were told not to deviate from the rates fixed by the government, consider the rates of the fair price shops for medicines, implants and diagnostics and prescribe generic medicines while dealing with healthcare fellow patients.
“We have decided to go for zero-tolerance on the refusal of the health partner. The commission has taken up seven cases of denial, which will come up for hearing soon,” Banerjee said. The commission said that most of the empaneled private hospitals have started implementing the scheme effectively, while four are yet to implement it. “Those hospitals have promised to effectively implement this scheme and support this health scheme,” Banerjee said.
“Several patients have come to us in the last few months with complaints against private hospitals for denying the Swasthya Sathi scheme. WBCERC chairman Justice (Retd) Ashim Kumar Banerjee said, “On Tuesday, we sat down with officials of the state health department, who takes care of the Swasthya Sathi scheme, to discuss how private hospitals can achieve this universal health. contribute to the scheme. This direction of the health panel comes a day after the state health department issued a series of circulars regarding health fellow patients.
TOI on Wednesday informed the hospitals about the health partner on the advice of the health department. Private hospitals were told not to deviate from the rates fixed by the government, consider the rates of the fair price shops for medicines, implants and diagnostics and prescribe generic medicines while dealing with healthcare fellow patients.
“We have decided to go for zero-tolerance on the refusal of the health partner. The commission has taken up seven cases of denial, which will come up for hearing soon,” Banerjee said. The commission said that most of the empaneled private hospitals have started implementing the scheme effectively, while four are yet to implement it. “Those hospitals have promised to effectively implement this scheme and support this health scheme,” Banerjee said.
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