Show-cause notice to Fortis for over-charging patient in Gurugram

NPPA has asked for invoices, copies of bills of Rs 18 lakh for drugs administered

After the Union health ministry, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has stepped in to investigate Fortis Hospital on the huge bill given for the treatment of a young girl, who eventually died. 

In a show cause notice to the hospital, the NPPA has asked for invoices and copies of bills of the drugs it had administered. The notice also states that if the hospital fails to provide the pharma pricing regulator the needed detail, the records will be collected under para 30 of the Drug Price Control Order (DPCO). The provision allows a gazetted officer to exercise power of entry,