Stringent Action Started against South Point Hopsital on charges of irregularities in BSKY

13th Jan 2023(Odisha Tazanews) Bhubaneswar :- On the allegations of irregular activities by South Point Hospital, Cuttack in BSKY scheme, Govt has taken stringent actions. Secretary Health and Family Welfare Smt Shalini Pandit said that the actions taken would come to immediate effect from today.  In the first phase, the major actions included the following.1. The hospital has been de-empanelled.

2. Swasthya Mitra deployed to the said hospital has been disengaged.

3. District Administration has been requested to shift the patient undergoing treatment under BSKY in the said hospital to appropriate BSKY empanelled private hospital or to Govt. facilities for further continuance of uninterrupted treatment.

4. The State team have been instructed to further investigate into the claims raised by the said hospital earlier vis-a-vis claims scrutinized by Claim Panel Doctors of State Health Assurance Society.

5. Intensive patient feedback is being collected through outbound calls to past patients at South Point Hospital in order to check past fraud, if any.