No Violation Of Drug Price Control Orders, Says Fortis
Fortis Healthcare Ltd. denied any violation of drug price control norms in connection with the treatment of a seven-year-old dengue patient, who subsequently died at one of the group's hospitals in Gurugram.
In a statement, Fortis Healthcare said it does not charge any drugs or consumables above the printed maximum retail price. The statement comes a day after the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority said the hospital charged as high as 1,700 percent margin on consumables and medicines used for the treatment of the girl.
The Fortis Memorial Research Institute, charged a margin of up to 1,737 percent on procurement price on a three-way stopcock, NPPA's report had said. The procurement price of the consumable per unit stood at Rs 5.77, while the hospital charged Rs 106 per unit for the product, it added. The consumables listed by the NPPA included items such as syringes, gloves and towels among others.
Fortis Healthcare claimed that there had been “no violation of the Drug Price Control Orders”.
The family of the girl had alleged last month that they were overcharged by FMRI, with the bill amounting to around Rs 16 lakh. The incident sparked outrage, with the Haryana government forming a probe team after Union Health Minister J P Nadda sought a report from the hospital.
The three-member committee, probing the circumstances under which the girl died in September, found "several irregularities", including protocols not being followed by the hospital in the case, it said in a report submitted to the state government.
The hospital had refuted allegations that it overcharged the family, claiming the patient's kin was informed about the bill amount on a daily basis. "It should also be noted that our (Fortis) end price to the patient is very much in line with what other private hospitals in India charge,” the hospital had said in a statement. “Looking at individual prices of any single item as a stand alone, takes the margin/profit topic out of context,” the statement added.
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