Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Saturday warned the private hospitals of strong action for denying treatment to patients coming from Covid-19 hotspots.
Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy said there are instances of some private hospitals being reluctant in admitting patients coming from hotspot districts.
He termed such act as unethical and illegal.
“Patients needing medicare at hospitals/clinics need urgent attention. Instances have come up where some private hospitals are reluctant to admit patients from hotspot districts. It is ethically wrong and illegal. Government’s action against wrong doers will be serious,” Tripathi said in a tweet.
Notably, a 77-yea-rold Narasinga Kundu, a resident of Tulasi Nagar 6th Line in Berhampur died in an ambulance while waiting for medical attention Monday.
Kundu had suffered a brain stroke around 20 days ago and the doctors of MKCG Medical College and Hospital advised his family members to take him to Bhubaneswar or Visakhapatnam.
Kundu’s two sons, his wife and a family friend had brought him in an intensive care ambulance to Bhubaneswar, Monday.
They first took him to a private hospital where he was treated six months ago. But the hospital authority after coming to know that they came from COVID-19 hotspot Berhampur, were reluctant to admit him.
It was when they were trying their best to get him admitted to another hospital, Kundu breathed his last in the ambulance.
PNN