by Lois C. Ferrara | May 6, 2020 | Business News
What inflates Covid-19 treatment bills in private hospitals is much the same as what inflated bills in pre-Covid days — huge margins on diagnostics, consumables and medicines. What is new are inflated charges for protective gear and separate charges for bio waste disposal as if hospitals did not have hazardous bio waste disposal practices in […]
by Lois C. Ferrara | Apr 30, 2020 | Business News
In order to decongest hospitals, all asymptomatic patients without comorbidity should be shifted to appropriate Covid Care Centres immediately and hospitals should ensure that no admission is granted to asymptomatic positive patients without comorbidity. These are...
by Lois C. Ferrara | Apr 27, 2020 | Business News
New Delhi: Private hospitals are now using the “other” clause to test all patients being admitted, including daycare admissions for dialysis, for Covid-19. Before any procedure, private hospitals are now conducting RT-PCR confirmatory test for Covid-19. Indian Council...
by Lois C. Ferrara | Apr 20, 2020 | Business News
New Delhi | Mumbai: The ongoing Covid-19 outbreak has impacted healthcare companies, which claim declining footfalls as well as rising consumables and staff costs have put their very survival at stake. “The cost of running a Covid hospital is very high and 50% of that...
by Lois C. Ferrara | Apr 13, 2020 | Business News
Kolkata: Bharti Airtel and Apollo Hospitals Group have unveiled a digital tool that uses AI-based technologies and enables customers to assess their Covid19 risk profile more accurately and take appropriate action. Apollo 24/7, the digital arm of Apollo Hospitals...
