The monitoring team of Mirchaiya Municipality reached the Manakamana Mid Eastern Hospital operating at Katari Chowk in Mirchaiya, Siraha on Tuesday morning. The monitoring team asked for documents from the medical staff of the hospital. However, they were not ready to give easily.

After Bishnuranjan Baral, the chief administrative officer of the municipality, who is leading the monitoring team, warned that 'action will be taken against all', the hospital showed the documents to the monitoring team. The facts found by the monitoring team are shocking.

Facts have been found that this hospital has been defrauding patients by charging arbitrary amounts in the name of medicine to treatment. It has been found that this hospital charges up to 20 times more than the actual price of medicine.

According to the Mirchaiya Municipality-owned Mirchaiya Hospital, the actual price of an acrylic needle is five rupees. However, it was found that this hospital was selling this drug for one hundred rupees. This is 20 times more than the actual price of the drug.

Similarly, it has been found that this hospital is selling fixed tape with an actual price of 25 rupees for 100 rupees. According to the Mirchaiya municipality, it was found that IV sets worth Rs.

Similarly, it has been found that Ketrol needle worth 40 rupees is sold for 100, Dylona needle for 9 rupees for 50, TT needle for 20 rupees for 25 paise, TT needle for 100 rupees, NS water for 45 rupees for 500 ml, 10 ml syringe for 10 rupees for 20 rupees, 5 ml syringe for 5 rupees for 10 rupees.

Similarly, although the actual price of surgical gloves is 40 rupees, this hospital has been selling them for 80 rupees. Similarly, although the crepe bandage costs between fifty to sixty rupees, it is sold here for up to five hundred.

The actual price of Suchar Proline is between 230 to 350 rupees. However, it has been found that this hospital has charged up to 750 rupees from patients. The price of IV cannula is 35 to 60 rupees, but here 250 rupees have been charged from the patient.

Meanwhile, Rajan Kumar Sah, head of the municipality's health department, says that there is a provision to sell the medicine at a discount even at the actual price mentioned. He said that the prices of medicines in Nepal are generally the same and even if they are produced in India or other countries, the price will decrease slightly.

It has been found that this hospital, which has arbitrarily charged the medicine in this way, has arbitrarily charged the patients for unnecessary topics even in the name of treatment. It has been found that this hospital extorts up to 215 rupees from the patients for wearing a single copay.

Similarly, 1,000 in the name of doctor's fee, then 1,000 in the name of observation fee, and 4-5,000 in the name of lab test without revealing the name of the examination, said the head of health department Shah.

Not only this, this pharmacy called Vikas Medical Hall operating inside the hospital has also been revealed to be illegal. Although this hospital belongs to Mirchaiya Municipality-7, the pharmacy is registered in Mirchaiya-6, according to Mirchaiya Municipality.

Similarly, it has been found that the hospital service fee is also mentioned in the pharmacy receipt and given to the patient. Thus, it is illegal to add any additional charges to the pharmacy receipt. The municipality also suspects that fake receipts may be used to evade revenue.

The monitoring team reached the municipality on the basis of a complaint filed by a defrauded patient in the hospital with evidence, and seized nearly 200 cut receipts and other documents from the hospital. Baral, the chief administrative officer of the municipality, said that necessary investigation is being done on this matter.