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mid-day impact: Hinduja Hospital releases disabled patient
Updated On: 11 July, 2017 10:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Rupsa Chakraborty
<p>Day after mid-day's report, Hinduja Hospital waives off fees for physically challenged patient, who was unable to pay Rs 1.60 lakh bill, and discharges him after 22-day confinement</p>


Poojari after his release from the hospital. Pics/Pradeep Dhivar
When it rains, it pours. A day after mid-day highlighted the plight of 46-year-old Shekhar Poojari, a physically challenged waiter who was allegedly being forced to stay at the Hinduja Hospital without discharge for five days for failure to pay his Rs 1.60 lakh bill, and pointed out that it was in violation to the rules of Charity Commission, he was finally discharged – with his bill waived off.
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