CNN Central News & Networks / ITDC India ePress / ITDC News /Agencies/ Bhopal: CNN Central News and Networks / ITDC India ePress / ITDC News / Agencies: The registrations of 16 hospitals in Chhattisgarh have been cancelled in connection with irregularities under the Ayushman Bharat scheme. The highest number of hospitals covered by the action is in Raipur, with eight facilities affected. The hospitals concerned are accused of calling patients to their facilities for treatment through agents.
Under the scheme, hospitals are registered to provide prescribed health services to eligible beneficiaries. Despite this, complaints had surfaced that some hospitals were bringing in patients through agents. These activities were considered contrary to the rules of the scheme, and action was taken against the hospitals concerned after an investigation.
Apart from eight hospitals in Raipur, hospitals in other parts of the state are also included in the action. With the cancellation of registrations of 16 hospitals in all, their services under the Ayushman scheme will be affected. These hospitals will no longer be able to treat eligible patients under the scheme.
The purpose of the action is to maintain transparency in the implementation of the scheme and protect patients from irregularities. Details of the names of the hospitals, the action taken in other districts and the detailed facts that emerged in the investigation will become clear on the basis of information issued by the department concerned.
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