File complaint against hospital before consumer forum and seek orders to direct hospital to refund your money with interest
also seek litigation costs and compensation for mental torture undergone by you
Hospital charged unwanted bill of 74000 as cheated
My kid was diagnosed with Coa, vsd in heart, i have vidal health insurance, while claiming bill from health insurance they put 74000 money as extra for Single donar platlets, actually these sdps are paid me manual. Also i have original bills. Hospital has charged for 6 SDPs in claim. I want to procees with consumer court for cheating and fraud of hospital. Please help me out
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You can file case in the consumer forum Or court.
A complaint is an allegation made by a complainant. It is in written form. It consists of the statements and some important facts to establish a case that a consumer has suffered loss or damage due to deficiency of any service.
minimal fee is required for filing a complaint before the district consumer redressal forum for medical negligence cases.
When a complaint against medical negligence is filed, the forum sends a notice to the opposite party to submit its version of the case within 30 days after admitting the complaint. After doing proper scrutiny the forum will ask either for filing an affidavit or for producing evidence in the form of judicial precedents, expert opinion, etc.
1. Yes you may file a consumer complaint before the Forum seeking relief and refund along with interest and compensation.
You can file complaint before consumer Court for deficiency of service. You can also file cheating complaint against in the same before police
This appears to be an unfair trade practice and also a fraudulent act by the hospital authorities.
You may first gather all the evidences to support your claim and pleadings in the court of law.
Then you issue a legal notice demanding their explanation or justification for this exorbitant charges.
If you dont get a satisfactory reply or refund of the excess amount charged from you, the further step of dragging them to consumer forum may be initiated for relief and remedy.
A case should be filed in the district consumer forum for compeand refund of money fraudulently being taken from you.
You are free to file a complaint case for compensation before District Consumer Forum as this is tantamount to deficiency in service.
You collect all the relevant bills / prescription / discharge summary.
Based on the above issue notice to the Hospital and demand them to refund the said amount of extra charge, highlight the point of deficiency of service by hospital authorities.
Further you can claim interest on the amount extra charged and also demand for damages for mental tension caused by them alongwith Litigation Expenses.
Followed by filing case before Consumer Forum praying for above reliefs against the Hospital.
You can file the complaint against a hospital to any higher authorities of the health Department of the State or centre or to any other office under which the affairs of the hospital are controlled. You can also file complaint Before District consumer court .
1. You should contact some advocate with all your documents Related to the case.
2. If hospital have committed fraud then criminal case for Cheating can also be filed against Management of Hospital.
Dear Sir,
You can file the complaint against a private hospital to the Civil Surgeon of the area where hospital is located or to any higher authorities of the health Department of the State or center or to any other office under which the affairs of the hospital are controlled.
But be careful in case the complaint is frivolous and baseless.
First of all you should collect all evidence in order to support your complaint so that it does not turn out to be frivolous and baseless and is held to be false .
If the complaint is proved to be false then the hospital authorities can put you on the run on various accounts which it may prove to have suffered in pursuance of your false complaint.
One should indulge in such methods only if his case can be proved beyond doubt and the complaint is sure to succeed.
If you have such supportive evidence then you can further get relief awarded by moving the Consumer protection forum or by civil suit remedies.
Disclaimer: above is not a legal advice to constitute a client attorney relationship between us. You should act and take decision as per your personal wisdom according to the applicable facts of your case.
