Hyderabad: Responding to the Claim of State to control private hospitals from full patients, Director of the State of Public Health (DPH) Dr.
G Srinivas Rao on Wednesday admitted before the High Court that the laws in private hospitals did not have enough teeth to face players wrong.
“Current Law, Telangana Allopathic Private Care Care Medicals (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2002, does not allow us to force a penalty above RS 20,000 in the wrong personal medical care facility,” he said, responding to requests from benches from bench.
Chief Justice of Hima Kohli and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy, at the cost of capping in a private hospital.
Bench, while continuing hearing in the case of Covid-19 batch, trying to find out from the state of his guarantee status in Reining in a private hospital, whose fame for exploitation of people did not know the limits during the second wave of Covid-19.
However, the Director of Public Health, who entered the virtual court, convinced the court that they would improve the situation by adopting the central law of clinical companies that gave them more power to punish private hospitals.
“If it comes in, we will also begin to impose a very high sentence which is equivalent to ten to twenty times the excess costs they collect from patients who are crisis and their families.
We studied the model of Kerala and we will also apply the same strict regime After bringing central law, “he said.
“The current action stopped me from an impressive penalty outside Rs 20,000,” he said.
He also told the court about the establishment of an expert committee to advise the country at a cost of capping.
The director also gave a reply to several questions caused by the bench on vaccination of various parts of people, providing mental health support, among others.
The court also asked about the previous promise to strengthen state health facilities by recruiting 35,000 doctors and health staff.
The bench suggested the state to regulate those who worked in the fourth grade of work in the health sector.Dr G Srinivas Rao told the court that the state thought about similar lines and that he would notify the court about the state statement in the next statement letter.
This case was postponed until August 11 for further hearing.