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Monday, October 6, 2008

No more free treatment at Bowring

tBy Gayathri L, DH News Service, Bangalore: Deccan Herald Ocober 7, 2008
Totally free healthcare would be a thing of the past at Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, thanks to the Hospital's now active "autonomy".
Patients availing treatment at Bowring Hospital in the near future, will have to foot bills which is expected to be “almost on par with corporate hospitals,”  a highly placed official revealed.

The Hospital has begun charging patients for healthcare services from September 25. Bowring, along with four other government hospitals in Bangalore, were granted autonomous status through a Government Order (HFW19MPS2005) dated November 16, 2006. While the administrative transition had begun then, the financial part  will begin to hurt the patients only now.

Till now, Bowring Hospital used to treat 1200 out patients and admit 30 to 40 new in-patients everyday, free of cost. Only a small user fee was charged for admissions and in certain cases, for diagnosis. This was possible with an annual budget of Rs 15 crore, which came from the government.


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