Bangalore:- On Monday (06-07-2020) in Bangalore, Apollo hospital Sheshadripuram landed in trouble after the bill of a Covid test done .it was posted on Twitter by Malini Aisola , Co–convener of all India drug action network .the bill showed the hospital charged Rs 4500 for the test but to impose an extra Rs 1300 for “ sample handling ‘’ .
The total amount of Rs 6000 is in Violation of ICMR (India council Medical research) guide lines, the union health ministry’s’ order to circular issued by the state
Department of health sent a copy of bill to state health commissioner Pankaj Kumar Pandey on Monday he had promised an action. Later the hospital was sent a notice following which it had agreed to refund the excess amount.