Directors at Asiri Medical Hospital in hot water for overcharging patient

Director Board members of the Asiri Medical Hospital have been ordered to appear before the Maligakanda Magistrate Court on Jan. 23.

A court case filed against them levels 11 allegations including selling drugs that exceeds the MRP stipulated by the pricing regulations of the National Drug Regulatory Authority Act.

According to the case filed under the National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act No. 5 of 2015, the group’s directors – Vishal Bali, Ashoka Kariyawasam Pathirage, Ankur Nand Thadani, Karunamuni Manjula Prasanna Karunaratne, Sudarshan Ahangama, Gardiyar Lokuge Harris Premaratne, Sivakumar Sellaiya, Haresh Kumar Kaimal and Ajith Karunaratne as well as Assistant Billing Manager – B.D. Sadathisaru have been named as respondents.

The case has been filed after the customer of the hospital had filed under the approval of the health secretary after the Minister’s raid unit had done a preliminary investigation on a customer complaint.

Mr. Sanath Kumara Athukorala, a resident of Madduwatta B/05, Nugegoda, has stated in his complaint that he had been overcharged by the Asiri Medical Hospital after his mother was admitted to the from 2023-02-07 to 2023-02-19.

The judiciary has been informed that Mr. Athukorala has been overcharged for 11 drugs, exceeding the MRP stipulated by the pricing regulations of the National Drug Regulatory Authority Act.

The list of drugs that were overcharged, are as follows :