A private hospital in Hyderabad has allegedly detained a government doctor taking treatment there for Covid-19, for questioning the exorbitant fees levied on her.
An emotional selfie video of Dr Sultana making a fervent appeal “for rescue from the hospital’s exploitation” has put focus on the huge mismatch between the rates fixed by Telangana government for Covid-19 treatment in the private sector and the actual bills patients are forced to pay.
