India, Aug. 2 -- Task force entrusted to scrutinise the private hospitals finds large-scale irregularities.

Bengaluru: In developments that have cracked the whip on private hospitals that were making fast money while treating Covid-19 patients in Bengaluru, the task force entrusted to scrutinise private hospitals and regulate them on corona virus treatment has unearthed large-scale irregularities.

It can be remembered here that the Karnataka government faced stiff resistance from private hospitals on allocating 50% of beds for government referred patients and also about ceiling on treatment charges. After several rounds of talks, the Chief Minister and his Covid related ministers had convinced these hospitals to come around.

However, ...