The patients who are being overcharged at #PrivateHospitals, for Covid-19 treatment or other treatments, have right to ask for refund of such overcharges, by filing complaints in #ConsumerForums within two year of such overcharge (as may be prescribed in applicable law)

What steps they can take at present are :

1) Keep a record of all payments made for your treatment and for the purchase of prescribed medicine.

2) Get copies of Government Guidelines for such medical charges.

3) Find out how much they charged before 15th March,2020 for same treatment and how much the fee has increased.

4) If they are refused any form of treatment, it would be helpful to keep a record of such refusals along with a record of all expenses suffered because of refusal.

5) Consult a lawyer if necessary. Keep record of fees paid them. Such fees can also be claimed when filing the complaint.

6) The complaint before consumer forum has to be filed within two year from the date of overcharge (as may be prescribed in applicable law)

7) Collateral Damages plus loss due to inflation @1% can also be asked while filing the Complaint