Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has himself become a victim of demonetisation. When his brother DV Bhaskar passed away, the hospital where Gowda's brother was admitted refused to take old currency notes to settle the bills and refused to release the body till the bills were settled either through the new notes or through a cheque.



DV Bhaskar was suffering from jaundice and was undertaking treatment at the Kasturba medical college in Mangaluru. Bhaskar passed away due to complications and Sadananda Gowda rushed to Mangaluru from Delhi on hearing that his brother had died.

The bills for the treatment of DV Bhaskar was Rs 2.4 lakh. Rs 2 lakh of which was paid through ATM debit card and Rs 40,000 through cheque. The hospital refused to take cash because of demonetisation. The KMC hospital refused to pay heed to the minister who frantically requested the hospital authorities to release the body as the Union minister want to settle the bills with the old currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 denominations. Despite repeated requests the hospital authorities did not budge.

DV Bhaskar was suffering from jaundice and was undertaking treatment at the Kasturba medical college in Mangaluru. DV Bhaskar was suffering from jaundice and was undertaking treatment at the Kasturba medical college in Mangaluru.

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Sadananda Gowda went on to explain to the hospital authorities that the union government has allowed hospitals to take old currencies till November 25. To this the KMC officials said that it only applied to government hospitals and not to the private hospitals like themselves.

An angered Sadanand Gowda asked the hospital to give it in writing, that they will not accept old notes as they are a private hospital,which they did. He went on to say 'If this is how you behave with a central minister, what happens to the common man who comes for treatment at a private hospital like KMC?"

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The KMC officials in return asked the minister, "If you can give us an assurance in writing that the banks will accept that the old notes that you are using to settle the bills, we will take it." Sadananda Gowda could not assure that.

Finally, the central minister paid by cheque and released his brother's body for the final rites.

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Gowda has instructed the BJP local leader Krishna Palemar to submit a report on the hospital and how people are inconvenienced as private hospital refuse to take old notes. He also has asked for a detailed report on Kasturba medical College and is expected to take serious action of found guilty.

Minister's reply-

Karnataka health minister Ramesh kumar says, that the state is helpless and they can only appeal to the private hospitals to act on humanitarian grounds.



Karnataka Food and Civil supplies minister and Ullal (Mangaluru) MLA UT Khader says, that the center should be ready to face and address the problems of the common man and not behave like dictators

BJP MLA Suresh kumar says, it is a sad case of how hospitals are at faking fault and action needs to be taken against those who violate.



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