PMJAY scam? More patient treated than hospital capacities in Gujarat
The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) revealed private hospitals with a capacity of 50 beds are admitting 150 patients
Updated: Oct 16th, 2023
As the misconduct of private hospitals continues regarding Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PMJAY) in Gujarat, the report reveals admission of patients beyond the available capacity of hospital beds.
As per the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), private hospitals with a capacity of 50 beds are admitting 150 patients for dialysis, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy.
Moreover, even the State Anti-fraud Unit (SAFU) has not investigated the misconduct and has reimbursed a huge amount of PMJAY money to the private hospitals’ accounts.
Around 49 hospitals in Gujarat are said to be admitting more patients than their capacity. The national health authority has not issued the real-time numbers of the patients admitted to hospitals, the number of days of admission for each patient, or other details.
Some of the hospitals mentioned in the CAG report are:
| Name of the hospital | Capacity | No of patients admitted |
| Agaman Dialysis Centre | 9 | 79 |
| Apollo Cancer Care Unit | 55 | 240 |
| Avishkar Dialysis Centre, Himatnagar | 5 | 23 |
| Saboo Kidney Care | 27 | 77 |
| Shaleen Health Care | 38 | 202 |
| Shankus Hospital | 65 | 397 |
| Shree Sainath Charitable Trust, Dharampur | 5 | 39 |
| Rajkot Cancer Society & Allied Hospitals | 160 | 283 |
| Karuna Trust | 10 | 47 |
| Sterling Cancer Hospital | 72 | 216 |
| Upasna Kidney Hospital | 40 | 143 |
| Star Hospital | 65 | 105 |
| Medico Multispeciality Hospital Pvt Ltd | 34 | 97 |
| Jamnagar Critical Care Centre Pvt Ltd | 25 | 44 |
| Divyam Cancer Hospital | 15 | 23 |
| Kidney Health- Maninagar | 10 | 40 |
| Bharat Cancer Hospital & Research Institute | 100 | 161 |
| Manav Seva Sangh Sanchalit Jivan Jyot Diagnostic and Health Centre | 12 | 54 |
| Madhuri Dialysis & Research Centre | 6 | 26 |
Just last month, the health department levied a fine of ₹8.06 lakh to 26 hospitals in Ahmedabad in two years after 55 complaints were registered against them for heavily charging patients, as stated by Gujarat’s health ministry in the assembly on Sept 14.
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