Covid-19 in Karnataka: Families sell valuables, land to settle hospital bills

为了支付医药费，卡纳塔克邦新冠患者家变卖贵重物品、土地

BENGALURU: Ramesh Gowda buried two of his family members — his father and brother who both died of Covid — in a span of a week. Their bills at a reputed private hospital in Mysuru amounted to a staggering Rs 16 lakh.

班加罗尔：拉梅什·高达在一周内埋葬了两位家人，他的父亲和兄弟都死于新冠。他们在Mysuru一家著名私立医院的医药费高达惊人的160万卢比。

Gowda, who helped his father manage their farm in Srirangapatna taluk, Mandya district, is 25. His family sold valuables and used their meagre savings to meet medical expenses, but even that was not enough. “We had to sell two acres of our land located close to the Mysuru-Bengaluru highway to settle the final bill and claim the bodies,” said Gowda as he wept.

高达今年25岁，帮助父亲管理他们在曼迪亚区Srirangapatna taluk的农场。他的家人变卖了贵重物品，用微薄的积蓄来支付医疗费用，但即使这样也不够。高达哭着说:“我们不得不卖掉位于迈苏鲁-班加罗尔高速公路附近的两英亩土地，才能支付医药费，善后。”

Now, Gowda stares at an uncertain future. He has the responsibility of taking care of his ailing mother and younger sister. “We now have no father and no money,” he said.

现在，高达面临着不确定的未来。他要照顾生病的母亲和妹妹。“我们现在没了父亲，也没有钱，”他说到。

Sunil Kumar died of Covid in a private hospital in Bengaluru. His family mustered Rs 4 lakh for his treatment, but bills swelled to Rs 11 lakh. Sunil was the only earning member. Eventually, they mortgaged their house in Davanagere to pay the bill.

苏尼尔·库马尔患新冠，在班加罗尔一家私人医院去世。他的家人为他治疗筹了40万卢比，但医药费累积到了110万卢比。苏尼尔是家里唯一赚钱的人。最终，他们抵押了他们在达瓦纳吉尔的房子来支付医药费。

With private hospitals charging astronomical amounts for Covid care, many like Gowda and Sunil’s families are selling off inherited properties and family ornaments, besides exhausting their hard-earned savings.

由于私立医院的新冠肺炎医疗费用高得惊人，许多像高达和苏尼尔这样的家庭除了耗尽他们辛苦挣来的积蓄外，还在出售继承的财产和家里的贵重物品。

While the government has capped prices for Covid-19 treatment in private hospitals, the scenario on the ground is very different. Private hospitals are supposed to charge Rs 8,000 per day for an oxygenated bed, Rs 9,750 for ICU bed without ventilator and Rs 11,500 per day for ICU bed with ventilator. In reality, they charge anywhere between Rs 20,000 to Rs 1 lakh per day.

虽然政府限制了私立医院的新冠治疗费用，但实际情况截然不同。私立医院的充氧病床每天收费8000卢比，不带呼吸机的ICU病床每天收费9750卢比，带呼吸机的ICU病床每天收费11500卢比。事实上，他们每天的收费在2万到10万卢比之间。

以下是印度时报读者的评论： 译者：Jessica.Wu

Kondal Rao Madavaram

Unfortunate but it is true, i know many situatins like this where they sold every thing to save their loved ones, when common citizens selling their homes for the treatment which was supposed to be free our leaders are bussy in constructing their palaces. Sorry state of affairs

不幸的是，这是真实情况，我看到很多类似的情况，他们变卖一切来拯救亲人，普通公民卖掉房子来治病，而我们的领导人却忙于建造他们的宫殿。太可悲了

Nannu

result of bribery and poor governance.. most hospitals are making the best use of the situation..

这是贿赂和治理不善的结果。大多数医院都在充分利用这个机会赚钱。

Jagannath M. Shetty

No humanity. These politicians & hospitals are Blood suckers .

没人性。政客和医院都是吸血虫。

Pramod Kulkarni

Use money from PM Cares fund and settle people's hospital bills. Money in PM Cares fund does not belong to faqueeeerchand.

总理关爱基金应该拨款来支付人们的医药费

Eshwar Prasad

pvt hospitals are holding govt at ransom .Govt is at the mercy of pvt hospitals

私立医院贿赂了政府，政府听凭私立医院摆布

Karanjeet Singh Anand

hope our Modi ji will have a comment to make on that during his next mann ki baat

希望我们的莫迪能就此发表评论

Suraj Prakash

nowadays doctors are more like a businessman.. they will first check if you have insurance, if yes, they will rip you off..

doctors are more like a educated mafia..

现在的医生更像商人。他们会先看你是否有保险，如果有，他们会宰你。

医生更像是受过教育的黑手党…

shiv purohit

medical mafia is the worst thing happened to mankind still we go for allopathic.. I have shifted to ayurvedic and homeopathic now bye bye allopethic...

我们仍然采取对抗疗法，我已经转向了阿育吠陀和顺势疗法，拜拜了，对抗疗法…

hecod

India have ayurvedic hospitals also.why they did not treat for free.

印度也有阿育吠陀医院。为什么他们不提供免费治疗。

Hari

Why isn't the government acting against this day light robbery.

这是明抢，为什么政府不采取行动？

prithwiraj roy

Nothing is for poor and common people. Everything Goverment, Politics ,policies, are for elite people.

什么都没为穷人和普通老百姓提供。一切都是为精英人士准备的。

PtrIndTimes

How come hospitals are charging so much for putting people on ventilator and oxygen cylinders? They keep on charging even when patients are so critical that their survival chances are so thin. Why isn't there any cap on the charges? how can everyone afford fees like 10 lakh, 15 lakh etc. Even mediclaim does not covers so much.

为什么医院对使用呼吸机和氧气瓶的病人收费这么高?

即使病人病情危重，生存机会渺茫，他们也要继续收费。

为什么不对收费设置上限?

普通人怎么能负担得起100万、150万这么高的费用。

即使有医保也付不起。

Eshwar Prasad

Why is government and all other politicians are silent now?

为什么印度政府和政客现在都沉默了?

Girish J

They are the partner in crime!

他们是同伙

Santhosh Rao

Even insurance companies are not honoring their policies. All are fleecing. I was treated for covid had two insurance policies, both was turned down giving reasons such as follow house treatment first then hospitalization if required. How can insurance company say that to policy holders. Are they doctor. In case of severity and death, can they bring dead person back to life. Whole system has gone messy.

就连保险公司也不兑现保单了。我有两份保险，都被拒绝了，理由是先在家治疗，如果需要就住院。

保险公司怎么能对投保人说这些呢，他们是医生吗？

如果是重症，面临死亡，他们能让死者起死回生吗?

整个系统都乱套了。

Aditya Sarangi

Mochi/Moti/Mudi/Feku/Vishwaguru/dadhiwala/gujju thug destroyed this country single handedly

莫迪一手摧毁了这个国家

Mudi Magix

This situation exsts because we don't have enough government hospitals and very few of exsting ones have good infrastructure. Only solution is to build good government hospitals. But government busy building statues and central vista.

出现这种情况是因为我们没有足够的公立医院，而现有的医院很少有先进设备。唯一的解决办法是建公立医院，但政府忙于建造雕像和总理官邸。

Atco Commercial

name and shame the hospital

公布这家医院的名字

Abcdef

Every hospital is the same

每家医院都一样

Tony Breganza

Public is on the verge of losing control... Dooms Day is not too far..

印度民众处于失控的边缘，离末日不远了…