Hospital has right to insist on payment but prime duty is to take care of patient: NCDRC

A bench of presiding member S M Kantikar and Dinesh Singh awarded the compensation to the deceased patient's wife Yashumati Devi noting that there was an urgent need for the patient's brain CT scan but it was delayed for more than three hours as the hospital waited for a fresh receipt of Rs 1,850 towards charges for the procedure.
Source: The Economic Times - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news