Provide free medical treatment to poor: SC

Last Updated: Thursday, September 01, 2011, 13:20

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Tags: Superme Court, Private hospitals, Delhi

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed private hospitals in the national capital to provide free treatment to poor patients and recover the cost from sponsorship and endowments.

An apex court bench of Justice RV Raveendran and Justice AK Patnaik said the hospitals will provide free treatment to poor patients -- 25 percent of Out Patient Department (OPD) patients and 10 percent of the indoor category.

The order is applicable to hospitals which have been allotted land by the Delhi government at concessional rates.

It came in the wake of the hearing of a petition by some private hospitals challenging the Delhi High Court order directing them to provide free treatment to poor patients.

IANS

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First Published: Thursday, September 01, 2011, 13:20

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Common man - India
BE Indian, think Indian and Work as Indian to work for the whole Nation ``INDIA`` instead of Capital Of India

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Common Man - India
Supreme Court shall make it on National level instead of Capital city.. Please think of poors who are outside capital but part of India..

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BRIJ - NEWYORK
OUR GOVT HOSPITALS ARE AS DIRTY AS OUR GOVT, DOTORS IN THOSE HOSPITALS ARE CORRUPT AS OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

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Freid - Bengaluru
Seems very unlikely. If it were true, how come people being treated in government hospitals survive? One must remember that most doctors working in the private sector were trained in government run teaching hospitals too! If the teachers and doctors in government run hospitals were so incompetent, then so would be most of the doctors in private hospitals since they were trained there too!

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RAJAT KUMAR MOHINDRU - JALANDHAR CITY.PUNJAB
Historic verdict by the Supreme Court in favor of the Poor that all those Hospital who have been alloted Land on subsidised rates for the Hospital will have to treat Twenty Five Percent Free of cost to the poor patients .

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RABINDRA NATH CHOUBEY - ADITYAPUR JAMSHED PUR
VERY GOOD NEWS IT BE IMPLEMENTED AT NATIONAL LVEL

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D.N.MAKHIJA - DELHI-(INDIA)
the govt hospitals are very dirty.....i had the opportunity to visit deen dyal hospital to save the life of a man ( rickshaw pullar) suffering from malaria...............ground floor ,ward nine ,near the lift was badly stinking.. one can see latrine all around and dozens rats moving here and there.............this shows the seniors do not work well.........