Hospitals must display charts showing Covid-19 test prices, says HC

The High Court today directed the government to display charts showing prices of tests for Covid-19 patients at main gates of all hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres across the country in seven days.

According to the revised chart prepared by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Tk 500 has been fixed for CBC test, Tk 600 for CRP test, Tk 1,000 for LFT test, Tk 800 for S. Creatimr test, Tk 1,000 for S. Electrolgle test, Tk 1,500 for D.Dimer test, Tk 1,200 for S. Ferrition test, Tk 2,000 for S. Procalcitonin test, Tk 6,000 for CT Scan-Chest test, Tk 400 for Chst x-ray-Analogue and Tk 600 for Cht x-ray-Digigal tests.

The DGHS submitted the chart through the attorney general's office before the HC bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Md Khairul Alam today during hearing a writ petition filed by Human Rights Lawyers and Securing Environment Society of Bangladesh (HRLSESB) seeking necessary directives.

The HC bench also ordered the health secretary and director general of DGHS to submit the revised charts of other medical tests and a report on the progress of forming a health commission to this court in a month and fixed January 20 next year for further hearing on this issue, petitioner's lawyer Dr Bashir Ahmed told The Daily Star.

He said if the charts of the charges fixed by the government for the medical tests of patients are displayed, they will not have to pay extra charges for medical tests.

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