Thiruvananthapuram district administration to pay food bills of Covid patients referred from govt hospitals to private ones

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The district administration declared on Tuesday that food bill of patients referred to private hospitals from government hospitals shall be met from state disaster response fund. Such patients will be eligible to get Rs 160 per person per day. Those patients who are unable to pay food expenses in respective private hospitals can opt for availing food as per the menu and the cost shallRbe met from SDRF, read an order issued by district collector on Tuesday.
The state mission director of National health mission had directed the district administration to meet the food expense incurred by government-referred patients in private Covid hospitals in public interest from SDRF.
At present, there are 497 beds in 11 private hospitals for Covid-19 treatment in the district. It was reported that the food given to the patients admitted in such beds in private hospitals are not covered by the rates fixed by the government. Meanwhile, active cases dropped further in the district as 413 positive cases were reported on Tuesday. As many as 654 persons recovered from infection. A total of 8,857 persons are under treatment in the district.