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Tuesday took strong exception to this disparity and inability of the. to implement a 14-year-old law-Clinical Establishment (Central Government) Rules-mandating notification of a. standard rate. in consultation with states for treatment and procedures of ailments in metros, cities and towns...
A PIL by NGO 'Veterans Forum for Transparency in Public Life' through advocate Danish Zubair Khan had sought a direction to Centre to determine rate of fee chargeable from patients in terms of Rule 9 of Clinical Establishment (Central Govt) Rules, 2012...
Under the Rules, all hospitals and clinical establishments, to keep intact their registration, must "display rates charged for each type of service provided and facilities available for benefit of patients at a conspicuous place in vernacular as well as in English language; and charge rates for each type of procedures and services within range of rates determined and issued by Centre from time to time, in consultation with state govts."..
Petitioner told a bench of Justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta that Centre acted promptly in notifying standardised rates for treatment of patients during Covid and that if states did not cooperate in framing range of rates for treatment of ailments, it could use powers under central laws to unilaterally notify fees to be charged for different procedures...
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