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Medical healthcare in our country is a faulty system in many ways. From government hospitals being understaffed and overworked to private hospitals charging a lot of money for their facilities, bridging the gap between them is very tough.
However, the problem is that healthcare is one thing everyone is ready to sacrifice for. People are ready to spend all their savings on healthcare as long as they are getting a decent treatment.
In shocking news Gurugram based Fortis Hospital charged Dwarka resident Jayant Singh over a lakh rupees per day for fifteen days when they admitted their 7-year-old daughter, Adya to the hospital for treatment of dengue.
One of my batchmate's 7 year old was in @fortis_hospital for ~15 days for Dengue. Billed 18 lakhs including for 2700 gloves. She passed away at the end of it. Corrupt assholes.
— D (@DopeFloat) November 17, 2017
According to a DNA report, Adya passed away on the 15th of September and the bill soared to about 18 lakhs.
The arbitrary cost of the drugs and other hospitals surpassed all their expectations. Medical consumables like 2700 gloves were billed at Rs. 17,142 and medical investigations including blood tests cost him another Rs. 2.17 lakh.
More facts since people asked for it. Read thread and see snaps.
1. Charged for a whopping 660 syringes. They pumped a 7 year old with an average of ~40 syringes a day. Parents kept insisting on MRI/CT Scan to check if she was even alive since she was on ventilator since day 5 pic.twitter.com/NvZKQgp9Pj
— D (@DopeFloat) November 19, 2017
- Admission Charge – Rs 1250
- Blood Bank – Rs 61, 315
- Diagnostics – Rs 29, 290
- Doctor charges – Rs 53, 900
- Drugs – Rs 3, 96, 732.48
- Equipment Charge – Rs 71,000
- Investigations – Rs 2, 17, 594
- Medical and Surgical Procedures – Rs 2, 85, 797
- Medical Consumables – Rs 2, 73, 394
- Miscellaneous – Rs 15, 150
- Room Rent – Rs 1, 74,000
- Discount – Rs 20,000
- Total Bill – Rs 15, 79, 322.48
Jayant spoke about two brands of medicines being pumped into Adya’s body. One was cheaper costing Rs. 500 per vial for a total of Rs. 4,491 and the other was more expensive costing Rs. 3100 for a total of Rs. 65,362. Apparently, both brands essentially did the same thing. He added,
Started with Meropenem at INR 500 per strip, then realized the family is not protesting much, so pumped up to another brand at 7 times the price. pic.twitter.com/092fUXL12P
— D (@DopeFloat) November 19, 2017
“Also, a blood sugar testing strip costs Rs 13, but we were charged Rs 200 per strip.”
A completely distraught Jayant said that more than the money it was about the utterly insensitive approach of the hospital staff. He had twins- Adya and Anya. Anya has been asking about her sister and his wife, Deepti had a miscarriage of her 6-week fetus. He said,
Hospital refusing to provide a daily breakup till date
— D (@DopeFloat) November 19, 2017
“I am still trying to hold my family together. My wife and my twin daughter Anya are reeling under an extreme shock. And we have lost our unborn child too.”
Meanwhile, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, JP Nadda came out in support of the family.
Please provide me details on [email protected] .We will take all the necessary action. https://t.co/dq273L66cK
— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) November 20, 2017
Fortis hospital too tweeted on the thread saying that they would look into the matter conduct an investigation and get back.
Dear Sir, please enable us with the patient details and Fortis facility name for investigating the case. Please be assured that a thorough investigation will be carried out and the outcomes will be shared with you. (1/2)
— Fortis Healthcare (@fortis_hospital) November 18, 2017
You may share your details directly at [email protected] (2/2)
— Fortis Healthcare (@fortis_hospital) November 18, 2017
They later issued a statement saying that because the patient was in ICU it requires a high number of consumables as per globally accepted protocols. Speaking of transparency in their bills, they said,
“All standard medical protocols were followed in treating the patient and all clinical guidelines were adhered to.”
They had refused to give Adya a death certificate. And even asked the family to arrange for another hospital’s ambulance to take her. This was because the hospital didn’t want a dengue death on their hands.
When the family disagreed, Fortis refused to release the patient, forced family to sign a "Leave-Against-Medical-Advice" form, and refused to provide ambulance since that would record a Dengue death at Fortis.
— D (@DopeFloat) November 19, 2017
After the massive bills were cleared, Fortis hospital asked the parents to return. They then asked them to pay for the gown the child was wearing at the time of discharge as her clothes didn’t fit her.
Our condolences are with baby Adya’s family. We wish they stay strong during this turbulent time of life.
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