{"id":42507,"date":"2016-04-16T09:14:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T03:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=42507"},"modified":"2016-04-16T09:14:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T03:44:24","slug":"bombay-hc-lambasts-hospital-issuing-cooked-bills-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bombay-hc-lambasts-hospital-issuing-cooked-bills-patient","title":{"rendered":"Bombay HC lambasts hospital for issuing &#8220;cooked up bills&#8221; to patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42508\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/devendra-fadnavis-resize41.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"42508\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bombay-hc-lambasts-hospital-issuing-cooked-bills-patient\/devendra-fadnavis-resize41\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/devendra-fadnavis-resize41.jpg?fit=651%2C386&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"651,386\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"devendra-fadnavis-resize41\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/devendra-fadnavis-resize41.jpg?fit=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/devendra-fadnavis-resize41.jpg?fit=640%2C379&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-42508 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/devendra-fadnavis-resize41.jpg?resize=300%2C178&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bombay HC lambasts hospital for issuing &quot;cooked up bills&quot; to patient\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/devendra-fadnavis-resize41.jpg?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/devendra-fadnavis-resize41.jpg?w=651&amp;ssl=1 651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bombay HC lambasts hospital for issuing &#8220;cooked up bills&#8221; to patient<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra government to develop within a month a mechanism which would enable the state to take action against hospitals and doctors who detain patients and hold up bodies for non-payment of medical bills.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whenever a case of illegal detention comes up, the criminal law is set into motion. Therefore a mechanism needs to be set up which would enable the state to take action on the basis of complaints filed by patients and their family members,&#8221; a bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka said yesterday while hearing a PIL.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_wrapper_div\">\n<div id=\"inread1_26817\">\n<div id=\"inread_26817\" class=\"mainAdView\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The bench, which was hearing a plea dealing with detention of patients due to non-payment of bills, also asked the government to have a dialogue with hospitals and medical consultants to find out ways to avoid such issues.<\/p>\n<p>The PIL said that there were many instances where due to non-payment of bills the patients were detained or bodies not handed over to the families.<\/p>\n<p>Amicus Curiae (friend of the court) Madhav Thorat argued that there should be a regulation to deal with this issue without which the high court cannot issue a writ of mandamus or direction in this matter.<\/p>\n<p>Rui Rodrigues, who appeared for an organisation of more than 8,000 medical consultants, argued that this body was not in favour of detaining patients for non-payment of medical bills. However, a balance needs to be struck and a mechanism is required to be set up which would not put the doctors at the receiving end.<\/p>\n<p>The HC asked the government to hold a dialogue with organisations of medical consultants and super-speciality hospitals on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra government to develop within a month a mechanism which would enable the state to take action against hospitals and doctors who detain patients and hold up bodies for non-payment of medical bills. &#8220;Whenever a case of illegal detention comes up, the criminal law is set into motion. 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