Chennai:Indian Medical Association (IMA) state branch has recommended the state government to fix Rs 4.3 lakhs as treatment cost for 17 days ICU treatment for severe symptomatic COVID-19 patients.
In a letter written to health secretary Dr Beela Rajesh, IMA state president CN Raja and AK Ravikumar have provided the breakup of costing for reasoning.
The recommended cost does not include doctors consulting charges. It also does not include doctors quarantine, staff quarantine and food expenses in designated COVID centres which may work out to Rs 9,600 per day, according to IMA.
As per the break up for severe symptomatic covid patients, hospital charges including accommodation, equipment, and administrative charges which would work out to Rs 3,30,826 and pharmacy, Biomedical waste (BMW), consumables and investigation would work out to Rs 1,00,585.
The same for mild to moderate symptomatic COVID-19 patients has been worked out to Rs 1,75,596 and Rs 56,224. Both add up to Rs 2,31,820 without factoring other charges including doctors consulting charges.
The organisation has requested an audience with the health secretary to workout the costing. "Costing charges may change based on medication and duration of the treatment required as per the patients condition", the organisation said.