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PANJIM: The State government issued an order on Friday capping the prices at private hospitals for COVID patients.
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“Considering the sudden surge of COVID-19 cases in the State of Goa, and in order to make private services more affordable to the common man during the COVID-19 crisis, the government hereby reduces the capped rates prescribed via order for COVID-19 patients in private hospitals with ICU facilities,” states the order issued by Additional Secretary (Health) Vikas S N Gaunekar.
Gaunekar stated that the order shall take effect immediately and be applicable to all patients, including patients already admitted, and shall remain in force until April 30, 2021.
As per the order, the existing rates for ‘general ward with COVID charge’ the rate was Rs 10,000 a day that has been reduced to Rs 8,000 per day. Similarly, the existing rates for a ‘twin sharing room’, which were Rs 13,000 per day, have now been reduced to Rs 10,400 per day. The rates for a ‘single private room’, which were Rs 16,000 per day, have now been reduced to Rs 12,800 per day. Finally the rates for ‘ICU with ventilator occupancy’, which were Rs 24,000 per day, have now been reduced to Rs 19,200 per day.
The packages include the following: admission charge; intensivist, primary and specialist consultant charges; bed charges; nursing; resident doctor; diet; PPE kits for staff; X-ray; ECG; USG; 2D echo; cardiac monitor; infusion pump; catheterization; CBC; FBSI; PPBSL; HBA1c; creatinine; liver function test; blood group; routine medicine including multivitamin, vitamin C, zinc, vitamin D, paracetamol, antacid, anti-allergic, HCQ; azithromycin; Ddxycycline; levofloxacin, dexamethasone, ivermectin and dietary charges.
The packages do not include diagnostic interventions, special drugs, use of special equipment, other special procedures/surgery etc and extra oxygen flow other than ICU.
