Supreme Court on Monday, ordered all the private hospitals of Delhi, which built on subsidised government lands, to provide free treatment to certain percentage of patients belonging to poor financial backgrounds.
Providing treatment to the poor was one of the clauses in the lease deed due to which land was given to hospitals at a very cheap price.
It is mandatory for private hospitals, built on land allocated by the government on concessional rates, to provide 10% treatment to In Patient Department (IPD) and 25% to Out Patient Department (OPD) for free.
A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said any resistance by the hospitals would lead to cancellation of the lease and sought periodical report on compliance of its order from the Delhi government.
The bench said it will monitor functioning of private hospitals to ensure that the poor patients are treated free of cost.
