According to sources, recently the Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) who is preparing the audit report has also pulled up the health department for failing in recovering the fine. The Delhi government has failed to recover a fine of over Rs 600 crore from five private hospitals which had refused to treat the patients belonging to Economically Weaker Section (EWS). A year after it had slapped the fine on the private hospitals, the government has not been able to move a step forward. According to sources, recently the Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) who is preparing the audit report has also pulled up the health department for failing in recovering the fine. The file has now been sent to Delhi Health Secretary Madhup Vyas requesting him to move the case forward.

Source: dna August 13, 2017 02:15 UTC