Kanpur: Three persons including doctor of a private hospital were booked on Thursday for overcharging the attendant of a Covid victim after his death, despite warning against overcharging and capping on the bill amount by the state government.
A complaint in the matter was lodged by one Atul Dev of H block of Kidwai Nagar on Thursday.
The accused doctor has been identified as Pushpendra Gupta, said the police.
The doctor and his two associates work at a private hospital located in the Gwaltoli area of the city, the police added.
The doctors and their hospital charged Gita Gupta Rs 19,00,000 for Covid-19 treatment in April.
The patient passed away on May 16 after allegedly being administered wrong injection.
Inspector KK Dikshit, however, said, “After the death of the patient, the family was charged a certain amount.
While the family paid the amount, they suspected that the hospital had overcharged them going by the charges laid down by the prevailing government norms.
It was when the victim’s son questioned the doctor, he was assaulted and threatened with dire consequences by the accused.
The complainant has also accused the doctor of administering the wrong injection to his mother following which she died.” Three persons including a doctor -Pushpendra Gupta, have been charged under Indian Penal Code sections 304 (A) (causing death by negligence), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 352 (assault or use of criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation) and section 56 of disaster management act 2005 (any officer, on whom any duty has been imposed by or under this Act and who ceases or refuses to perform or withdraws himself from the duties of his office shall, unless he has obtained the express written permission of his official superior or has other lawful excuse for so doing, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine), said the official.
“We have launched a probe in the case,” he added.