Taking advantage of the current pandemic situation, many private pathology labs are charging different fees for the tests like Antigen, RTPCR, CBC, CRP, D Miller, LFT and KFT. The issue was brought into attention of the guardian minister Nitin Raut who took quick action ordered an investigation into this case.
Discussion on hefty charges was brought up in front of Raut, during a COVID review meeting on Saturday. The guardian minister gave orders of investigation into this issue.
The issue of samples being sent outside GMC also came up during the meeting.
The guardian minister clearly stated that such complaints have been received earlier as well and he asked the dean of GMC to investigate the case and submit a report.
Apart from this, issue of double murders within 24 hours in Nagpur also came up for the discussion. The guardian minister while expressing concern on this, gave stress on boosting law and order situation.