The procedure, the consent and the bill had to tell the same story
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November - 2026, Posted On: 01 November 2026
A patient approached a hospital with a history of heart disease and later alleged that he had been admitted for heart surgery. When that surgery was not performed and ₹90,922 was deducted from his ₹1 lakh advance, he alleged that the hospital had charged him for treatment it had never provided.
The hospital's records, however, told a different story.