Apollo Hospital Discontinuation Reasons
- Overcharging: The hospital has been charging excessive fees beyond approved rates.
- OPD Clinic Issues: Doctors have been reluctant to accept government rates and have charged more.
- Unnecessary Procedures: Extra procedures and tests were often recommended unnecessarily.
- Costly Prescriptions: Expensive antibiotics and consumables were frequently prescribed.
- Invoice Issues: Original tax invoices for implants were not provided, causing inconvenience to beneficiaries.
- Cashless Facility Issues: The hospital failed to provide a cashless facility to government employees and pensioners.
Government Action: Due to these issues, the Governor has discontinued Apollo Gleneagles Hospital’s empanelment under the West Bengal Health for All Employees and Pensioners Cashless Medical Treatment Scheme, 2014.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q: Which hospital’s empanelment has been discontinued under the West Bengal Health Scheme?
- Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata (Code no. 0411004).
Q: Why Apollo Gleneagles Hospital discontinued from WBHS?
- A: The main complaints included overcharging beneficiaries, reluctance to accept government-approved rates by OPD doctors, recommending unnecessary procedures and tests, prescribing costly antibiotics and consumables without justification, not providing original tax invoices for implants, and failing to provide a cashless facility for government employees and pensioners.
Q: What did the hospital do that was contrary to the provisions of the Memorandum of Association?
- The hospital charged extra amounts from beneficiaries over and above the approved rates.
Q: What issues were raised regarding the hospital’s prescribing practices?
- The hospital frequently prescribed costly antibiotics and consumables without any justification.
Q: What cashless facility issue did the Apollo hospital face?
- The hospital failed to provide a cashless facility to government employees and pensioners without assigning any valid reasons.
Q: What action had been taken against Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata?
- By order of The Governor discontinued the empanelment of Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata under the West Bengal Health for All Employees and Pensioners Cashless Medical Treatment Scheme, 2014, with immediate effect.
Q: When was the discontinuation of Apollo Gleneagles Hospital’s empanelment issued?
- A: The discontinuation was issued on 21.10.2016.