The father of an infant who was wrongly declared dead by a private hospital in Delhi has alleged that the doctors demanded Rs 50 lakh to keep the baby alive and another Rs 35,000 to improve the chances of his wife’s survival. These accusations are part of the FIR have registered by police on the complaint of Ashish Kumar, the father of the baby boy declared dead by the Max Hospital in Shalimar Bagh on November 30. “Doctors said if we keep the baby in the nursery, it will cost Rs 50 lakh,” Kumar told the police. Expressing concern, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday demanded a law to “check negligence and loot” by private hospitals. The Max Hospital case comes a few days after the family of a seven-year-old girl who died of dengue complained that they were charged Rs 18 lakh for the treatment by the Fortis Hospital in Gurgaon.

Source: Hindustan Times December 03, 2017 07:09 UTC