{"id":127471,"date":"2017-04-27T15:24:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T09:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=127471"},"modified":"2017-05-10T12:52:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T07:22:53","slug":"hospitals-cannot-hold-patients-hostage-to-extract-money-for-unpaid-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2017\/04\/27\/hospitals-cannot-hold-patients-hostage-to-extract-money-for-unpaid-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitals cannot hold patients hostage to extract money for unpaid bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As reported by <em>The Hindu<\/em>, the Dehi High Court has held in a case involving a\u00a0premier private city hospital that hospitals cannot hold patients \u201chostage\u201d to extract money for unpaid bills, after the hospital was found to have allegedly withheld the custody of a patient over outstanding dues.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_wrapper_div\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bench comprising of Vipin Sanghi and Deepa Sharma, JJ. is reported to have observed that, Even if dues are outstanding, custody of patients cannot be withheld. 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