Days after the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) set up a helpdesk for patients to register complaints against inflated hospital bills, the civic body cracked its whip on a number of private hospitals, who have been asked to return an overcharged amount of Rs 32 lakh to patients. Also, NMMC has decided to check each and every bill generated over the past couple of months in the next seven days and if any hospital is found to have overcharged patients, offences will be registered against them.

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has been consistently raising its voice against inflated bills during the pandemic. Navi Mumbai MNS Chief Gajanan Kale had also threatened to felicitate NMMC Commissioner Abhijeet Bangar as 'Saviour of Private Hospitals' on September 12 if no action was taken in the matter.