News18 India Exposes the Murky World of Malpractices in Hospitals with Operation Lifeline
News18 India Exposes the Murky World of Malpractices in Hospitals with Operation Lifeline
New Delhi, 13th Jan 2018:
Recently, multiple instances have come to light about top private hospitals
fleecing the patients. From overcharging for treatments to referring expensive
medicines, many private healthcare facilities have come under the scanner.
While the government is taking actions to discourage such malpractices, its
vision of corruption free healthcare system is proving to be difficult. News18
India, through its sting operation, has exposed the deceitful practice of
earning from medical insurance as well.
News18 India conducted a sting
operation targeting private hospitals in NCR like Rama Hospital, Sonipat and
Amrapali Hospital, Noida to name a few. The channel’s undercover team of
reporters created a storyline of how their wrestler son, who has a medical
insurance of 10 lakh rupees, was badly injured and treated in another hospital.
While they incurred an expense of Rs. 50,000, they were not able to claim the
money through insurance. With this narrative, the team went to various
hospitals where the doctors and the management revealed how they can help them claim
their money through various nefarious means.
News18 India’s team caught on
camera many people talking about how the patients can get their mediclaim from
the insurance companies and make money out of it. The doctors will admit the
patient for 10 days on papers and will submit expensive bill to the insurance
company. The doctors also revealed how they can also include fake diseases and
injuries in the insurance claim to make it more realistic. The hospital authorities
on camera that the money earned from the claim will then be divided between the
patient, the doctors and the mediators.
Though people might think that
these fraudulent practices do not affect their health but they forget that they
will have to bear the cost of increased premiums if the insurance companies
incur losses. Through Operation Lifeline, News18 India’s team reveals how
rampant corrupt practices such as these are bound to have negative consequences
for the common man. New policies and laws can be made but the ground reality is
a far cry from completely solving the corruption issue.
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