Dengue patient overcharged: Haryana govt to lodge FIR against Fortis Gurgaon, get license cancelled

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GURUGRAM: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday said that an FIR will be lodged against the Fortis for criminal negligence over allegations of overcharging the family of a dengue patient who died during treatment. 

Vij also said that the state government will be writing to the Indian Medical Association (IMA) to cancel its license. He added that a notice has already been given to the hospital for cancellation of blood bank there.

The committee set up by the Haryana government to probe allegations against a Gurgaon- based private hospital for overcharging the family of a 7- year-old girl, who died of dengue, is likely to submit its report tomorrow, Health Minister Anil Vij said.

The Haryana government had ordered the probe into the allegations after the central government had asked it to initiate an urgent inquiry into the case. The state government had set up the three-member committee under the chairmanship of the Additional Director General (Health) to probe the matter.

The committee had taken note of the medicines and treatment that was given to the girl along with the bills and reasons for her death.

The case relates to the death of a 7-year-old girl, who was admitted in September to the Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI), Gurgaon. The parents of the girl had alleged they were billed Rs 16 lakh, which also included the cost of 2,700 gloves. 

The hospital had earlier refuted the charges, claiming that the patient's family was informed about the bill on a daily basis and that there was no medical negligence.