At Rs 6L for 3 days, Chennai hosps bleed patients dry

Anil Kumar Gupta, 66, spent Rs 6 lakh for three days treatment of his Covid-positive son in two small private hospitals in the Nanganallur area. But his son couldn’t be saved. The patient had a heart issue too and the smaller hospitals weren’t equipped to deal with it. They told Gupta to take his son to a bigger hospital, but not before both hospitals made him pay Rs 1 lakh deposit and another Rs 1.5 lakh as treatment charges. All they did was give him a bed, Gupta told TOI.

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