<p>The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has issued a show cause notice to a private hospital for allegedly overcharging a coronavirus patient, an official said Wednesday.</p>.<p>The civic body had received a complaint from the son of the Covid-19 patient stating that the hospital charged them more than the rates prescribed by the government, he said.</p>.<p>The civic body has requisitioned 50 percent of the total beds in more than 50 private hospitals for treatment of coronavirus patients, and also capped the cost of treatment.</p>.<p>In its notice, the AMC stated the fact of the private hospital demanding more money from the complainant has been established in an inquiry.</p>.<p>Earlier, the AMC had imposed a penalty of Rs 77 lakh and initiated criminal action against a private hospital for the delay in admitting a critically ill Covid-19 patient, leading to his death.</p>.<p>Two other hospitals were slapped with fines of Rs 5 lakh each for refusing to admit patients.</p>
<p>The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has issued a show cause notice to a private hospital for allegedly overcharging a coronavirus patient, an official said Wednesday.</p>.<p>The civic body had received a complaint from the son of the Covid-19 patient stating that the hospital charged them more than the rates prescribed by the government, he said.</p>.<p>The civic body has requisitioned 50 percent of the total beds in more than 50 private hospitals for treatment of coronavirus patients, and also capped the cost of treatment.</p>.<p>In its notice, the AMC stated the fact of the private hospital demanding more money from the complainant has been established in an inquiry.</p>.<p>Earlier, the AMC had imposed a penalty of Rs 77 lakh and initiated criminal action against a private hospital for the delay in admitting a critically ill Covid-19 patient, leading to his death.</p>.<p>Two other hospitals were slapped with fines of Rs 5 lakh each for refusing to admit patients.</p>