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Delhi Govt writes to DDA on pvt hospital sales
New Delhi | September 30, 2005 9:41:35 PM IST
Delhi Government has written to Delhi Development Authority to take action
against societies that were given land at throwaway prices to run hospitals
in public interest but had 'sold' it to private healthcare companies.
Principal Secretary (Health) S P Aggarwal wrote to DDA Vice Chairman Dinesh
Rai, a copy of which was sent to Union Urban Development Ministry and one
made available to UNI this evening, about sale of 90 per cent stake by
Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre to Fortis Health Care for Rs 650
crore, Fortis group also taking over R B Jassa Ram Hospital and Max Hospital
taking over Devki Devi Foundation and Balaji Hospital.
''For contravention of the terms of the lease, you may like to take action
against the hospital as you deem appropriate, including resumption of the
land,'' the letter said.
It was a violation of the land lease agreement to sell off the institution
to a company to run a corporate hospital, when the land had been allotted on
concessional rates for setting up and running a general public hospital with
conditions of free treatment for poor patients in both indoor as well as OPD.
The land lease deed state that the land shall not be transferred/sub-leased
to any other organisation/society by the institute without prior permission
of the DDA.
Delhi Health Minister Yoganand Shastri said such sales were on the face of
it illegal and the state government was also looking into the matter and had
called for the relevant files.
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