Mysore/Mysuru, Jan. 20 -- Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has assured private hospitals that the State Government will take steps to ease difficulties faced in implementing fire safety norms in older hospital buildings.

He also announced that reimbursement rates under the State Health Assurance Scheme (SAST) will be revised in line with the Health Benefit Package (HBP) 2022 from next year.

"Reimbursements must also be released within the stipulated timelines," he said, adding that in the case of reputed private hospitals, funds would be released first, followed by verification.

Speaking at an interaction programme organised by Mysore Association of Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Clinics and Diagnostic Centres (MAHAN) at a hotel in Nazarbad...