{
  "id": 14968895,
  "title": "₹2.33 lakh hospital bill despite alleged service failures: What rights do patients' have?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/2-33-lakh-hospital-bill-despite-alleged-service-failures-what-rights",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-16T13:58:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/233-lakh-hospital-bill-despite-alleged-service-failures-what-rights-do-patients-have-11792157358726.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Reddit user has alleged poor facilities, delayed medical attention and a disputed ₹2.33 lakh bill at Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru. Here’s what India’s Patients’ Rights Charter says about transparent billing, medical records, emergency care and grievance redressal.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}