Bengaluru/Mysuru: A bill which empowers the State Government to fix rates for different types of treatment and bed charges in private hospitals and nursing homes was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. The Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (Amendment) Bill 2017, piloted by Health and Family Welfare Minister K.R. Ramesh Kumar, may come up for discussion today.
The Bill provides for imposing a penalty of up to Rs. 5 lakh and imprisonment up to three years if hospitals/nursing homes collect charges higher than that fixed by the State Government. The person who runs the hospital will be held responsible for violations and minimum penalty has been fixed at Rs. 25,000 and imprisonment of not less than three months.
