THE CLAUSE An agreement between a private hospital in Calcutta and the preferred provider network (PPN), a consortium of four insurance companies, states: Deposit And Advance Pay...

Bengal’s regulatory commission has said private healthcare units in the state could during admission demand up to Rs 50,000 — or 20 per cent of the estimated treatment cost — whichev...

Some private hospitals and laboratories have stopped home collection of swab samples for the Covid-19 test or scaled it down, apparently because of a regulatory panel’s advisory that the facilit...

Many Calcutta parents who have tested positive for Covid-19 and need hospital admission are facing a predicament apart from the trauma of being infected — where to send their children who have t...

A fire was reported at a private hospital in Grant Road area of South Mumbai, an official said on Saturday. The incident occurred around 11.44 pm on Friday night on the ground floor of Reliance Hospi...

The state regulatory commission for private hospitals has asked a private hospital why it refused admission to a Covid positive pregnant woman after she had completed registration formalities. The ho...

Several private ambulance operators are now allegedly asking patients’ families whether the patient needs help to board the vehicle. If yes, they are rejecting the requests for an ambulance or a...

Private hospitals and diagnostic laboratories are flooded with requests for collection of swab samples for the Covid-19 test from home but the waiting list is getting longer by the day because most fa...

Satellite facilities set up by private hospitals to keep Covid-19 patients who have mild or no symptoms are now covered by regular health insurance schemes, insurance companies and hospitals said. In...

State health secretary Nitin Kulkarni sought to dispel fears about a shortage of beds to treat Covid patients amid a surge in cases, clarifying on Monday that Jharkhand has sufficient numbers. &ldquo...