DCP Monika Bhardwaj has emerged as a hero the people needduring these unprecedented times. When DCP Bhardwaj received the informationabout Ambulance Company charging an unbelievably high amount to shift Covid19patient, she took the charge of the situation and made sure the patient’sfamily gets a refund.
A woman named Amandeep Kaur was unable to find a hospitalbed with adequate facilities for her Covid positive mother. After a lot ofeffort, she managed to get a bed at a hospital in Ludhiana. In order to shifther mother from Gurugram to Ludhiana, a distance of nearly 350 km, she hired anambulance.
The ambulance operator charged her Rs 1.20 lakh for justa 350 km journey. Amandeep Kaur said that the driver charged her Rs. 1.40 lakh.Her mother was in critical condition and she wanted an ambulance with anadequate oxygen supply. On arguing about the high charges the driver refused tobudge. Later, on insisting that the family already has an oxygen cylinder, theambulance operator cut charges by only 20,000.
“I had no option since my mother’s life was at stake,”said Amandeep Kaur.
After admitting her mother to the hospital, Amandeepshared the ambulance bill with a relative on social media. As the picture ofthe bill caught the eye of Delhi police, DCP Monika Bhardwaj returned theentire amount to the patient’s family. An FIR was filed against the AmbulanceCompany and the owner is arrested.
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DCP Monika Bhardwaj said, “Though we had not received anycomplaint, we took the company to task. Multiple cases are coming across uswhere ambulance service providers and pharmacists are fleecing patients.”
Monika Bhardwaj is one of the most honest and first womenDCP in the Delhi Police Crime Branch. Earlier, Delhi police under DCP MonikaBhardwaj busted a racket of fake Remdesivir injections in Uttarakhand in which7 were arrested.
The crime branch carried raid s in Roorkee, Haridwar, andKotdwar and had seized 196 ready-to-use fake injections. In an interview, DCPBhardwaj said that earlier they had received information about pharmaceuticalscharging Rs 30,000 for Remdesivir injection whose actual cost is Rs 3000.Following the leads, the crime branch was able to bust this pharmaceuticalplant manufacturing fake Remdesivir.
Witnessing the current situation it is obvious thatpeople are not dying of corona but of lack of Covid treatment, scams related tomedical supplies, and corruption. In such a critical situation, the nationneeds more honest and brave officers like DCP Monika Bhardwaj.