Archive · 22 Aug 2026
21 Ghaziabad Hospitals Removed From Ayushman Bharat Panel
Twenty-one private hospitals in Ghaziabad were removed from a government healthcare program.
The program is called Ayushman Bharat.
Officials said the hospitals did not follow required quality rules.
Some patients reportedly said hospitals refused to admit them using their Ayushman Cards.
Some hospitals were also accused of asking patients for extra money.
Investigators found records showing some people were admitted when they did not need to be.
Some OPD visits were recorded as longer hospital stays.
After the removals, 63 hospitals remained on the district’s panel instead of 84.
Twenty-one private hospitals in Ghaziabad were removed from the Ayushman Bharat panel.
Officials said the hospitals allegedly violated 35 government-prescribed quality standards.
Complaints included refusing admission to Ayushman Card holders and demanding extra payments.
Investigators also found allegedly unnecessary admissions, misclassified OPD patients, and repeated admissions.
The district’s empanelled hospitals fell from 84 to 63 after the action.
- Who
- Twenty-one private hospitals in Ghaziabad were removed from the Ayushman Bharat panel after investigations by officials and the state anti-fraud unit.
- What
- The hospitals were dropped for alleged quality-standard violations and suspected irregularities involving admissions and extra payments.
- When
- The article does not specify when the action was taken.
- Where
- Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- Officials cited complaints from beneficiaries, state anti-fraud data analysis, failure to meet 35 standards, refusal of admissions, extra-payment demands, and allegedly improper admission records.
- Hospitals removed
- 21 private hospitals
- Hospitals before action
- 84 Ayushman-empanelled hospitals in the district
- Hospitals after action
- 63 Ayushman-empanelled hospitals
- Standards cited
- 35 government-prescribed quality standards
- Investigation sources
- Beneficiary complaints and data analytics by the state anti-fraud unit
- Reported irregularities
- Refused admissions, extra-payment demands, unnecessary admissions, misclassified OPD-to-IPD admissions, and repeated admissions