While taking current corona situation on serious note, Kakinada District Collector D Muralidhar Reddy issued orders on Saturday imposing a fine of Rs 1.54 crore on 39 Covid-19 private hospitals. Let us share that this strict action taken for not following guidelines besides collecting a high fee from patients. Here it is to be noted that the Collector held a video-conference with Covid-19 notified private hospitals managements from the Collectorate here on Saturday.

During the inspection, they found that these 39 hospitals are violating government regulations and are charging higher rates from the Covid-19 patients. Let us share that  fine ranging between Rs 2 lakh and 10 lakh for violating the Covid norms imposed. The total penalty imposed on private hospitals is Rs 1.54 crore. He instructed the private hospitals to pay the fine amount to Aarogyasri account within 48 hours.

While in interaction he said that the fine was only a preliminary step. He warned that the fine was imposed for committing an offence for the first time. If the private hospitals continued to violate Covid guidelines, their hospitals would be taken over and maintained by the State government personnel. He also warned the managements of strict legal action if they do not follow the rules with regard to extending services to coronavirus patients.

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