Supreme Court issues notice in application highlighting overcharging in private hospitals under the garb of COVID-19 treatment
The applicant, whose father succumbed to COVID-19 while being treated in a private hospital, sought to expose the malpractices being adopted to "rob the citizens of India in guise of treatment of COVID-19".
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice in an application seeking to highlight the malpractices carried out by hospitals under the guise of COVID-19 treatment (Sachin Jain v. Union of India & Ors).