MANGALURU: Shortage of ICUs and ventilators and alleged fleecing of all Covid-19 patients at private hospitals obtained individuals of Dakshina Kannada to maintain a novel means of dissent — Protest From Home (PFH). Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) gave a call for individuals to increase their voice out of house, conflicting overcharging for treatment for Covid patients at private hospitals and contrary to lack of ICUs and ventilators in physicians. Within two weeks following the demonstration was declared on Saturday, hundreds of individuals in the coastal district reacted to the phone by holding PFH and sharing images of those holding placards before their homes on social networking. DYFI district secretary Santhosh Bajal stated that the authorities should reserve cases against hospitals which don’t book beds for Covid instances. “Dakshina Kannada district government had issued a circular directing all of personal hospitals to book 50% beds for Covid cases. But the majority of the hospitals haven’t followed . Free treatment is accessible just in federal hospitals. The government has issued an order directing hospitals to provide free treatment under Ayushman Bharat — Arogya Karnataka strategy for instances admitted to ICU and people on ventilators. But several private hospitals are denying that particular benefit. Individuals are forced to shell out enormous amounts for treatment from hospitals,” Bajal stated. Individuals from Puttur, Sullia, Belthangady, Bantwal and Mangaluru taluks have engaged in the PFH, he further added. DYFI state president Muneer Katipalla stated the district government should take efforts to repay the sum which private hospitals have collected from Covid patients. Criminal cases also ought to be reserved against them, ” he added.
Protest from House to ICUs, ventilators Elicits Enormous Reaction in Dakshina Kannada
