KARACHI: Legal Aid Society, a Karachi-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), on Tuesday approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) over the exorbitant treatment fees being charged by the private hospitals from the patients of the Covid-19. Speaking to Pakistan Today over the phone, the NGO’s Executive Director Haya Emaan Zahid lamented the “enormous fees” being charged from the coronavirus patients in particular. “Imagine, with Rs100,000 per day charges, a person who stays at the facility for a week will have to pay Rs700,000 [sic],” she said. “The treatment cost [at private hospitals] is ridiculously high,” she further said, adding: “We do not want to criticise the hospitals’ administrations. The management of Aga Khan Hospitals was not available for comment until the filing of this report.

Source: Pakistan Today June 09, 2020 12:11 UTC