A group of activists and NGOs working in the field of health care on Friday said a 15-day long sensitisation campaign would be launched across Maharashtra against the private hospitals that overcharged COVID-19 patients and thereby flouted the government orders.

The campaign named 'Jan Aarogya Abhiyan' would begin from next week, they said. 'The idea is to mount a pressure on the state authorities over the gross violation of government orders and regulations while treating COVID-19 patients in the last one year,' public health specialist Dr Abhay Shukla said.