Patient's relatives, hospital staff fight over cashless treatment

AHMEDABAD: The Vastrapur police officials received cross-complaints after a private hospital staff and relatives of a patient came to blows on Friday night.
According to a complaint lodged by Snehal Trivedi, a resident of Jhanvi Bungalows, Bopal, his son Abhinay was admitted to Sanjivani Hospital near Vastrapur lake for dengue treatment. Trivedi said they had made it clear that they had medical insurance and would like to go for cashless treatment.After three days of treatment, the hospital staff informed them that the application has not been moved to the insurance company and they would have to pay for the treatment.
The matter got heated up on Friday night when the hospital staff allegedly refused to provide treatment to the patient and also locked them up demanding the payment. When the issue was taken to senior authorities, they received the same treatment. Jayesh Trivedi, working with a private TV channel and one of the relatives, called up his cameraman when the authorities did not budge.
On the other hand, Yogesh Surti, a resident of Ghatlodia and employee of Sanjivani Hospital, filed a complaint against Snehal Trivedi, Jayesh Trivedi and three others for the scuffle and creating environment of fear among other patients in the hospital.