A private hospital in Thane allegedly refused to hand over the body of a woman patient as her family failed to pay the entire bill. The family members of the woman claimed that they could not pay the remaining Rs 8 lakh.

The 40-year-old woman, a resident of Bhandup, had succumbed to COVID-19 at Jupiter Hospital in Thane on Thursday. She was admitted to the hospital for 39 days, for which the hospital billed her family around Rs 24 lakh and Rs 12 lakh for medical expenses, according to a report in Mumbai Mirror.