Acting sternly on the hospitals overcharging people amid the COvid-19 crisis, aFIR has been registered against Khanna-based Jain Multispeciality Hospital.
This has come days after Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner VarinderKumar Sharma had ordered an inquiry against the private hospital over thealleged overcharging for the Covid treatment from a localite.
The DC further asked the committee headed by AdditionalDeputy Commissioner (D) Sandeep Kumar along with Deputy Director Dr. HatinderKaur and Assistant Civil Surgeon Dr. Vivek Kataria to conduct a probe into thecomplaint filed by Ashwani Sharma about the overcharged bill.
He also said that the people are free to file the complaint andthis committee has been constituted by him would look into the matter.
He saidthat in this hour of distress, it is our collective duty to combat the Covid-19and strict action would be taken against the erring for violating theguidelines of the health department regarding the capped charges of Covidtreatment.