Briefcase 1 Five Delhi hospitals fined Rs 600 crore for refusing free treatment to poor. The Delhi government has asked five private hospitals in the city, including Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Max Super Specialty Hospital (Saket), to deposit "unwarranted profits" of over Rs 600 crore for refusing free treatment to the poor, the prime condition for land allotment lease. 2 The hospitals have been asked to pay the amount by July 9, failing which action will be taken. "The penalty has been imposed on the basis of a High Court order passed in 2007 on a PIL demanding implementation of the provision of free treatment to poor and action against the erring hospitals. The hospitals have been asked to pay the amount by July 9, failing which further action will be initiated against them.

Source: India Today June 12, 2016 15:11 UTC