Maharashtra government asks AMC to deploy staff to verify COVID-19 bills

Maharashtra government has asked Aurangab Municipal Corporation (AMC) to deploy its staff in city's private hospitals to verify medical bills being charged from COVID-19 patients. Shiv Sena leer and Member of state Legislative Council (MLC), Ambas Danve, told this to PTI.

He said instructions were given to AMC during a meeting of all-party representatives in Aurangab with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday.

meeting, which was held on Thursday night, was attended by state Industries Minister Subhash Desai, state Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta and ors.

public representatives urged government to take necessary steps to control COVID 19 pandemic in district.

AIMIM leer and Lok Sabha member Imtiaz Jaleel raised issue of short of medicines, while Rajya Sabha member Dr Bhagwat Kar demanded equate staff for super-speciality wing of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), a district official said.

Talking to PTI after meeting, Ambas Danve, who is also Shiv Sena's district unit president, said, " government assured that issues related to medicines will be dressed in a couple of days and orders to that effect have been issued. process to get equate medical staff is also on. It was decided to increase testing and quarantine number of contacts of COVID-19 patients"

On issue of hefty fees being charged by private hospitals, Danve said, " state ministration has ordered AM to deploy its staff in a private hospital to carry out audit of bills."

(Im credit: PTI)