Status of Complaints Against Delhi Hospitals/Nursing Homes for Neglecting Patients from Weaker Sections

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New Delhi December 19, 2013: Many complaints have been received against various hospitals and nursing homes which have been allotted land on subsidized rates but are not providing free treatment to patients from the economically weaker sections.

The details of the complaints received in the Directorate of Health Services, Government of Delhi during the last three years and the current year are as under:

                                    

No. of complaints received                 :           260

Disposed off                                       :           162

Under process                                    :            098

 

Action under lease terms is initiated against the erring hospitals which include issue of show-cause notices, re-entry of the property/ cancellation of allotments.

62 allottees have been given land on subsidized rates for construction of hospitals & nursing homes in Delhi.

This information was given by Smt. Deepa Dasmunshi, MoS in the Ministry of Urban Development in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.CCI Newswire