A COVID-19 patient has whined of being cheated for oxygen treatment at Dhaka's Anwer Khan Modern Medical College Hospital which has as of late been under the scanner for its charging rehearses.
Md Mozammel Haque guaranteed he was charged Tk 358,000 for 16 days of treatment at the clinical office. The bill expressed that he had been charged Tk 86,000 for oxygen treatment.
The previous government official said he had been given oxygen for 10 minutes in three days, making a sum of 30 minutes.
His child Faisal Haque told bdnews24.com that he educated the specialist in-control that his dad was having a slight trouble breathing on his day fifth day at the medical clinic. The specialist at that point recommended that he be controlled oxygen for 10 minutes to mitigate the condition.
"Yet, upon the arrival of release, we saw that the bill for the oxygen was Tk 86,400," he said. "We asked how it could be so costly. They disclosed to us it was Tk 400 every hour. I determined that my dad was charged for 213 hours of oxygen treatment. Is it conceivable that they saved an individual on oxygen for 9 days in a row?"
Mozammel, who is resigned, lives in Chattogram. He stepped through an examination for COVID-19 in Chattogram on May 27 in the wake of building up its side effects. The outcome returned positive the following day.
Faisal said that his dad lived alone in Chattogram so he was brought to Anwer Khan Modern Hospital in Dhaka on May 30 for simplicity of treatment. He was released on Jun 14.
"My dad didn't experience an excessive amount of difficulty," Faisal said. "He was conceded with the understanding that he would just be there briefly."
Mozammel told bdnews24.com that his oxygen immersion was acceptable during the vast majority of his remain, yet tumbled to 92-93 on one event and the specialist was educated regarding the issue.
"The specialist said that in the event that you feel excessively unwell, you can get some oxygen for 10 minutes. I am an older man, and I swear that I just took oxygen for 10 minutes on three distinct days."
"Everybody has approached to help each other in these upset occasions, however they are exploiting it," he said.
Faisal claims that a considerable lot of the important things for the emergency clinic stay must be purchased and acquired from outside. The lodge room was additionally very little, he said.
Mozammel says no expert came to see him over the span of his stay in the emergency clinic.
"I never observed the specialist with my own eyes. They didn't come to see me. The medical attendants came now and again. Be that as it may, the obligation specialists have a counsel expense of Tk 49,000."
As per his bill, Mozammel was charged Tk 119,000 for his lodge and bed, Tk 45,400 for clinic administrations, Tk 11,200 for nursing offices, Tk 86,400 for oxygen and Tk 49,000 for specialist and expert expenses.
Counting extra expenses and administration charges, the aggregate sum came to Tk 383,759. Mozammel paid Tk 358,000, while the rest was discounted as a rebate.
Gotten some information about the claims, Anwer Khan Modern Hospital Director Prof Dr Ehteshamul Hoque told bdnews24.com:
"I would prefer not to state anything on the issue. We have a media cell, if it's not too much trouble talk about it with them. I can tell you who to converse with in a piece."
Dr Hoque didn't catch up with the contact data for the representative in the media cell.
He didn't get when reached on his cell phone number. He didn't react to a SMS either.
Anwer Hossain Khan, the executive of the Hospital, is likewise the general secretary of the Bangladesh Private Medical Association. He is the Awami League MP for Lakshmipur-1.
On Jun 2 another COVID-19 survivor claimed that Anwer Khan Modern Hospital had overbilled him and would not let him leave until he settled up.
The emergency clinic repaid him after bdnews24.com gave an account of the issue.
At the time a few different patients had additionally griped that the emergency clinic cheated them.
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