<p class="title">District Wenlock hospital, which was converted into a dedicated Covid-19 hospital on March 26 this year, has not received any grants or funds from the government to treat Covid-19 patients free of cost, according to information obtained under RTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Covid-19 Wenlock Hospital had not received any funds from the government for having treated Covid-19 patients free of cost from March 24 to May 31, 2020. But, the hospital had incurred an expenditure of Rs 46,98,117 for procuring equipment in order to treat Covid-19 patients,” informed RTI activist D M Sharique, who had sought information under the RTI Act from the Dakshina Kannada district administration.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wenlock Hospital is evasive about the treatment cost per patient and declares that all patients were provided with free treatment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The infection was confirmed with the help of RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen tests. No treatment cost was recovered from the Covid-19 patients,” informed the hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The information obtained under the RTI puts to rest speculations that Wenlock Hospital was ‘flooded with funds’ for having treated Covid-19 patients free of cost.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wenlock Hospital, however, refused to respond to a query on the total number of infections confirmed, number of discharges and deaths due to Covid-19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Wenlock Hospital has transferred the queries, including the compensation amount paid to kith and kin of those who died from Covid-19 to the district health and family welfare department,” Sharique told <em><span class="italic">DH</span></em>.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The RTI activist intends to file an appeal based on the response from the district health and family welfare department.</p>
<p class="title">District Wenlock hospital, which was converted into a dedicated Covid-19 hospital on March 26 this year, has not received any grants or funds from the government to treat Covid-19 patients free of cost, according to information obtained under RTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Covid-19 Wenlock Hospital had not received any funds from the government for having treated Covid-19 patients free of cost from March 24 to May 31, 2020. But, the hospital had incurred an expenditure of Rs 46,98,117 for procuring equipment in order to treat Covid-19 patients,” informed RTI activist D M Sharique, who had sought information under the RTI Act from the Dakshina Kannada district administration.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wenlock Hospital is evasive about the treatment cost per patient and declares that all patients were provided with free treatment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The infection was confirmed with the help of RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen tests. No treatment cost was recovered from the Covid-19 patients,” informed the hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The information obtained under the RTI puts to rest speculations that Wenlock Hospital was ‘flooded with funds’ for having treated Covid-19 patients free of cost.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wenlock Hospital, however, refused to respond to a query on the total number of infections confirmed, number of discharges and deaths due to Covid-19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Wenlock Hospital has transferred the queries, including the compensation amount paid to kith and kin of those who died from Covid-19 to the district health and family welfare department,” Sharique told <em><span class="italic">DH</span></em>.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The RTI activist intends to file an appeal based on the response from the district health and family welfare department.</p>