New Delhi: We all rely upon expensive private hospitals when it’s about the health of our near and dear ones and put everything at stake, to ensure a good treatment, irrespective of hefty hospital bills, which burn our pockets.

Akin to the case of young the girl, who died at a top-notch Gurgaon hospital, post which her grieving parents were handed over a bill of Rs 16 lakh.

To find how the hospitals produce such long bills, ABP News did a sting- ‘Operation black heart surgery’.

During the operation, our undercover reporter met the highest authorities at various hospitals in Delhi and found shocking details.

The under-cover reporter approached various hospitals as a middleman, who has ‘got foreigner patients’ for a treatment at the particular hospital and found out that, hospitals over charge the patient about 30-40%; just to pay the middleman’s cut.

How is the patient over charged by hospital?

As per a marketing manager at Columbia Asia Hospital, located in Ghaziabad “I ensure that I add to every test, and every bill, so that I can pay the middleman his cut”.

Speaking to our undercover reporter, the General Manager at Columbia hospital said, “The patient will get mark-up bill”. The charge is different for Indian patients and International patients. For Indian patients, we can give upto 10% to the middleman by giving a mark-up bill to the patient”.

It’s heart-wrenching to see that more than a service, many doctors and hospitals treat patients as a source of business and money.