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State Health Authority. The State Health Authority has suspended the listing of Ayushman Listed Sparsh Multispecialty Hospital Moradabad Road Kashipur, Udham Singh Nagar for violating the norms. Along with this, a show cause notice has also been issued to him.
In the suspension and show cause notice issued by the State Health Authority, it is alleged that the claims submitted by the said hospital for payment in lieu of the treatment of the beneficiaries are not as per the standards of the National Health Authority. Since inception, the hospital has filed claims of more than ₹ 2 crore, in which claims of more than ₹ 60 lakh have been rejected due to irregularities and orders have been given by the authority for investigation on others.
Irregularities mainly include non-availability of photographs of ICU beds of patients by the hospital, IV line is not visible in the photos of patients admitted for ICU, showing patients direct recharge from ICU, showing IPD instead of OPD, essential pathology Non-availability of test reports, non-availability of treatment by authorized doctors, etc. According to the State Health Authority, the hospital has completely violated the guidelines of the NHA. After complaints and investigation, the State Health Authority has suspended the listing of Sparsh Multispecialty Hospital in Kashipur. The hospital will not be able to admit new patients, but the patients who are undergoing treatment there will continue.
The chairman of the health authority, which is running the Ayushman scheme, D.K. Kotia said that now a claim of more than ₹ 02 crore has been filed by Sparsh Multispecialty Hospital, Kashipur. Whereas due to irregularities, ₹ 60 lakh have been rejected so far and special audit has also been ordered on others. He said that the hospital has been sent a notice asking it to respond within 5 days. Further action will be taken after the notice and recovery from the concerned hospital will also be processed. Mr. Kotia said that due to such irregularities and carelessness, the health and life of the patient can also be in danger.