Patna, April 19 -- After several complaints about hospitals charging extra money from patients, the Bihar government has fixed the charges of hospitals for Covid patients in ever district.

The state health department has categorised Patna as A grade district, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Purnea as B grade districts and the remaining districts have been classified under C grade.

The hospitals in Patna can charge Rs 10,000 for isolation bed, Rs 15,000 for ICU without ventilator, Rs 18,000 for ICU with ventilator while one PPE kit is available for Rs 2,000.

In B grade districts, the private hospitals can charge Rs 8,000 for isolation bed, Rs 12,000 for ICU without ventilator and Rs 14,400 for ICU with ventilator while in C gra...