All government-aided private hospitals in the state run by public charitable trusts will be required to add "charitable” to their names so that poor patients easily know they can avail of free or concessional treatment under the reserved quota, according to a new order of July 19, 2018 issued by Maharashtra state Charity Commissioner (CC) Shiv Kumar Dige. Reportedly, there are more than 400 such hospitals in Maharashtra, including over 70 in Bombay.
The CC is of the view that since the word "charitable” does not appear in the names of these hospitals, poor patients are often clueless whether these......