KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Friday asked the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission to file a report stating why it has not framed rules on regulation rates charged to patients by private hospitals and nursing homes, under the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Act 2017.
The court directive was in context to a PIL filed by Bhaskarnanda Halder alleging the state health department had failed to frame rules that would facilitate fixing of rates and charges by private hospitals. Shrikanta Dutta, counsel for petitioner, alleged not framing such rules was in violation of the Act. The petitioner alleged that private hospitals were taking advantage of such silence and charging high rates from patients.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/hc-directive-on-private-hospital-rates/articleshow/89212556.cms
