Ambulance service providers in Telangana and some other states are found to be charging exorbitantly to shift Covid-19 patients during emergency situations.According to a ToI report, some ambulance service providers in Telangana are charging anywhere between Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 for a distance of 10 kilometres to shift the patients.<\/p>\n
This is in stark contrast to the fares that were being charged before the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. The ambulance fare in Hyderabad before the pandemic used to be between Rs 80 and Rs 120 up to a distance of 5 km. But now, thanks to the testing times, the service providers have increased the fare as high as Rs 10,000 for a distance of 10 km.<\/p>\n
Telangana was not alone in this fleecing business by greedy service providers. Several other states are also charging jaw-dropping fares for shifting coronavirus patients.<\/p>\n
In Bengaluru, Rs 15,000 was collected from a COVID-19 patient\u2019s family for a distance, as short as six km, according to reports.<\/p>\n
Similarly in Kolkata, private ambulances are reported to be charging between Rs 6,000 and 8,000 up to 5 km.<\/p>\n
But the people are unable to raise their voice against this as they are helpless and left with no other option. A few private ambulances are charging an additional Rs 3,000 in the name of PPE kits and other items.<\/p>\n
But the situation appears far better in Punjab and Maharashtra as the state governments there stepped in to regulate the ambulance fares.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, the number of COVID-19 cases in Telangana is increasing with each passing day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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