Mangaluru: Road accident patient alleges he was denied treatment at private hospital
Mangaluru: A private hospital in the city has been accused of not treating a man who was injured in an accident on the grounds that he was Covid-19 positive.
Siraj, 26, an auto-rickshaw driver, was injured in his right leg in the accident that occurred in Padu near Neermarga on July 15 and was admitted to the private hospital. He said that the doctors took a sample of his throat swab before treating him and assured that they would operate his leg after two days. On July 17, when his Covid-19 test report showed that he was infected, however, the doctors said that they would operate only after he recovered from Covid-19, said Siraj.
“The doctors did not give me anything to alleviate the terrible pain too. I was shifted to the District Wenlock Hospital when I requested, but I was still charged Rs 23,000,” he has complained.
He added that district hospital doctors are treating him for the Covid-19 attack. “The treatment will continue for 10 days, but they have cast my leg in plaster for now,” Siraj said.
District health officer-in-charge Dr. Rathnakar said that they could operate only after Siraj recovered from COVID-19. “This is a serious case of injury and requires us to take a lot of precaution while operating,” he explained.
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Commercial LPG price hiked by Rs 993 per 19-kg cylinder
New Delhi (PTI): The price of commercial LPG was hiked by the steepest ever Rs 993 per 19-kg cylinder on Friday, marking the third straight monthly increase due to rising global energy prices linked to the West Asia conflict.
A 19-kg commercial LPG - used by establishments such as hotels and restaurtants - now costs a record Rs 3,071.5 in Delhi as against Rs 2,078.50 previously.
Rates were last increased by 195.50 per cylinder on April 1. Prior to that, prices had gone up by Rs 114.5 per 19-kg cylinder on March 1.
In three increases, commercial LPG rates have gone up by Rs 1,303.
Prices of domestic cooking gas LPG - the one used in household kitchens - remained unchanged. Domestic LPG rates were last hiked by Rs 60 per 14.2-kg cylinder on March 7. It costs Rs 913 per 14.2-kg cylinder in Delhi.
State-owned Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum, and Hindustan Petroleum revise ATF and LPG prices on the first day of every month based on international benchmarks and the exchange rate.
Global oil prices have shot up almost 50 per cent after the war in West Asia disrupted energy supply chains.
Petrol and diesel prices continue to remain frozen after a Rs 2 per-litre reduction in March last year; petrol currently costs Rs 94.72 per litre in Delhi and diesel Rs 87.62.
