West Bengal Government issued orders today withdrawing the user charges for diagnostics, surgeries, therapeutic, hospital charges, treatment costs for drugs, pathology, imaging and bed charges including Cabin charges and CCU charges from all primary and secondary hospitals under Health & Family Welfare department. Abolition of user charges and bed charges is remarkable decision to achieve affordable, equitable access to health care to all and improve easy accessibility as system of paying beds, BPL identity/ income certificate etc are abolished making all services free.
Copy of orders issued and sent to hospitals today can be downloaded from www.wbhealth.gov.in. Circular being issued to all hospitals to erase wall writings of user charges, bed charges and other charges and rewrite public messages as per new order.
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