The Haryana government, on Tuesday, 21 November, ordered a probe into the allegations against the hospital, soon after the state was asked by the Union Health Ministry to urgently look into the case. Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said in Chandigarh that a senior state officer would investigate the matter.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Health Ministry asked the Haryana government to take "exemplary" action against Fortis if "overcharging, negligence or malfeasance" was established in the case of the dengue patient.

Health Secretary Preeti Sudan asked for an action taken report within two weeks, in a letter to the Principal Secretary of Haryana's Health Department.

"l request you to urgently initiate an enquiry into the whole incident," she said in the letter.