Varanasi begins crackdown on medical stores for overcharging
The Varanasi police have began a crackdown on medical stores which can be overcharging consumers for medicines and significant devices like oximeters amid a scarcity triggered by enormous demand. Ambulance providers which can be overcharging are additionally falling within the police internet. According to Varanasi Police Commissioner A. Satish Ganesh, the police acquired details about medicines and medical devices being offered at increased costs.
Inspector Lanka, Mahesh Pandey, despatched an area native to purchase an oximeter at one medical retailer. The man was charged Rs 1,400 for an oximeter, a lot increased than the utmost retail worth printed on the packing.
Ganesh mentioned the receipt given by the shopkeeper talked about solely the quantity with no particulars of the oximeter, model title, most retail worth and different particulars.
When the police staff entered the store and began looking for particulars of the oximeter, the store proprietor failed to offer a passable reply following which a case was registered towards him.
The chief medical officer (CMO) was additionally requested to provoke applicable motion towards the store proprietor.
Earlier on Friday, one Haider Ali alerted visitors police on its helpline quantity about being overcharged by an ambulance driver for ferrying his affected person from Kabir Chaura to Bhojubir.
Taking immediate motion, the visitors inspector contacted the ambulance driver and sought a purpose for charging an enormous quantity from Ali.
Following the intervention of the police, the ambulance driver refunded the surplus quantity.
Meanwhile, the enforcement groups fashioned to test to hoard, blackmarking, overcharging by hospitals are additionally working around the clock to cease such practices and assist individuals get medical support well timed at a good worth.
(With IANS inputs)
