The Tamil Nadu government has capped the daily rate for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in private hospitals across the state. This comes after complaints of overcharging by private hospitals and the mounting pressure on government hospitals. As of Friday, Tamil Nadu has seen a total of 28694 cases, of which 12697 are active. Today’s announcement also means that COVID-19 treatment in private hospitals is made more affordable than earlier. Earlier, the scenario was such that private hospitals did not encourage many insured patients and were overcharging those who were admitted.

Source: dna June 06, 2020 09:56 UTC