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Govt can't deny medical reimbursement if hospital charges higher rates: Delhi HC

Govt can't deny medical reimbursement if hospital charges higher rates: Delhi HC: The Delhi High Court has declared that, in cases where the patient is referred to such a hospital, reimbursement of medical expenses under the Central Government (Medical Attendance) Rules, 1944 cannot be denied on the grounds that the hospital charged a sum in excess of the allowed rates. The beneficiary employee cannot be blamed or punished to pay the excess amount that was charged from him by the Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, when he in the first instance did not even choose the hospital       Read More