In pursuance of a direction of the Supreme Court, the State Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday issued a notification instructing all private hospitals and nursing homes, which have been allotted Government lands at subsidised rates, to submit monthly reports on compliance with the norms of free treatment for 25 per cent of outpatients department (OPD) and 10 per cent of their indoor capacity to BPl (Below Poverty line) patients.
The notification issued by Health Secretary PK Mohapatra made it clear that the reservation should be applied without fail across all departments or units of the hospitals.Releasing a list of 44 private hospitals, medical colleges and hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centres and medical speciality units in Bhubaneswar which have been allotted land, the notification stated that the hospitals have to submit the information in a stipulated format to Director Medical Education and Training (DMET) by the 10th of every month.
“Any negligence or failure to comply with the instructions in time will be viewed seriously and action, including cancellation of NOC as well as allotment of land, will be initiated,” the notification warned.The Government also directed hospitals to display detailed information on free treatment for poor patients in both English and Odia in most prominent places of their hospitals.
Among the hospitals which have got good amounts of land at throwaway rates are the Bhubaneswar Eye Research Institute at Chandrasekharpur (10 acres), Kalinga Hospital (10 acres), AMRI Hospital (5 acres), lIC HFl Care Homes (5 acres), Care Hospital Pvt ltd (4 acres), KIMSMCH (27 acres), SUM Hospital (15 acres) and Apollo Hospitals, Bhubaneswar (7 acres).