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West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission

New norms for tests on Covid patients: WBCERC

The commission has formed a team of experts comprising senior doctors like general medicine expert Sukumar Banerjee, endocrinologist Subhankar Chowdhury, virologist Bibhuti Saha, Sushruth Bandopadhay and others to prepare a guideline for pathological tests required for coronavirus patients.

Advance for Covid treatment capped at Rs 50k

“The clinical establishment would be entitled to charge a sum of Rs 50 only as ‘Covid Protection Charges’ that would include sanitiser, mask etc… each patient would be entitled to one companion only and in such case, the patient would be charged an additional amount of Rs 50… in case the consultant physician is in full PPE uniform… the clinical establishment would be entitled to a further amount of Rs 50,” an advisory stated.