Using people's fear over the COVID, many private Hospitals are charging ruthlessly on treatments. Medicine became a business than a lifeguard service. Today Lakshmi private hospital in Thudiyalur had received notice from the health department, and the license was canceled.
Other than Government hospitals, more than 25 private hospitals had permitted to treat corona in Coimbatore. In this situation, patients and their kins complained about Sri Lakshmi hospital, Thudiyalur for imposing extra for corona treatment. They demand 40 thousand for a day, excluding food.
Also, people accused their service because they don't have enough facilities or medical staff to treat COVID patients. they charge 40 to 80 thousand for a room alone. And they received 3 lakhs for a patient who died after 4 days of treatment. They impose people to sign a form which contains the details about the charges before admitting the patients.