Reserved beds, 30% discount for poor/middle class patients
Reserved beds, 30% discount for poor/middle class patients
Gandhinagar, 11 January, 2011
Gujarat government has announced a new policy to encourage opening of new hospitals in the state.
According to it now construction of 3 to 4 FSI will be allowed in 5-10 thousand square meter plot. Upto 22-floor construction will be allowed on 30 meter or wider road.
According to state Urban development minister Nitin Patel, all new hospitals in the state will now have to reserve 10% beds for poor and middle class patients. Also the hospitals will have to give 30% discount to poor patients.
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WHERE IS RAHUL GANDHI? RESERVED OR UNDER POOR CATEGORY?
This is really great initiative, thanks again to Modi’s vision. Healthcare costs have increased so much that it has become really difficult for poor or middle class to get quality treatment.
I also hope that hospitals are asked to keep their premises clean, I mean not just hospital area but its entire campus. Working in pharma industry, I have to visit doctors and hospitals regularly and there are hospitals where there is lot of rubbish and filth. This just spreads more diseases.
How do you define “Poor” patient? This is very necessary, bacause private hospitals always find loop-holes in system to cheat poor, and get some extra buck by selling those reserved beds to rich people.
Government should specific definition of poor patients, like income level etc., and what documents they have to submit.
Also, Government should form a auditing body to check frequently to see if this rule is followed properly, and poors of Gujarat State are benefitting from this rule. Otherwise, it is meaningless to have these kind of rules in place.
–Ashish
Now all the riches will try to find out how to be poor when entering hospital.
this is I call CM action…action for a common man