The treatment of Covid-19 patients in Chhattisgarh’s private hospitals under the Dr. Khoobchand Baghel Health Scheme and Centre’s Ayushman Yojana will cost up to Rs 9,000 a day depending on the seriousness of the situation. The Chhattisgarh government announced this on Wednesday. According to the Health Department, it will cost per day Rs 2,000 in the general ward, Rs 5,500 in High Dependency Unit (HDU) with oxygen, Rs 7,000 in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) without ventilator and Rs 9,000 in ICU with ventilator for each patient, an official press release said.RTPCR test will cost Rs 550 under the scheme for the admitted patients.The package rate will be applicable as per AB-PMJY 2.0 Guideline, it added. The restrictions on CT scans tests are lifted under special circumstances to facilitate the patients admitted during the Covid pandemic, it said. On Monday, the Health Department reserved 20 percent of the beds in private hospitals for Covid patients treated under the Dr Khoobchand Baghel Health Scheme and Ayushman Bharat Scheme. The Department has fixed the rates of treatment of corona patients in private hospitals ranging between Rs 6,200 and Rs 17,000 a day. On Tuesday, 15,121 people detected Covid-19 positive in Chhattisgarh while 109 patients died.
