Covid patient dies, hospital fined `77L

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has imposed a fine of `77 lakh on a private hospital and its management and filed an FIR for negligence after a Covid-19 patient died, an official said on Sunday. Rajasthan Hospital, where a 73-year-old coronavirus positive man died on June 18 while being shifted from another facility, was issued a show-cause notice by AMC last Sunday, he added. “We have imposed a fine of `77 lakh, which comprises `25 lakh on Rajasthan Hospital, `2 lakh each on eight board members (` 16 lakh) and on 18 trustees (`36 lakh). The money will used to treat Covid-19 patients,” AMC in charge medical officer of health Bhavin Solanki said.