chennai as cases surge tn has brought covid19 care under the cms health insurance scheme which covers 157 crore families to help patients get treated at private hospitals hitherto tn patients were offered free treatment at government hospitals as per the package released by health department empanelled hospitals admitting patients with mild or no symptoms can charge up to rs 5000 a day for general wards while a1 and a2 hospitals can charge between rs 10000 and rs 15000 a day from patients admitted to icus a3 and a4 hospitals can charge between rs 9000 and rs 13000 the list of multispeciality hospitals and their categorisation is available on the schemes webpage state has laid out a set of conditions for private hospitals admitting patients under the scheme all hospitals should reserve at least 25 of their beds under the scheme and beneficiaries will not make any cash payments action would be taken against hospitals that take more than the prescribed amount for treatment a state government press release said the battle against the virus should be fought by both private and public hospitals the release addedearlier this week health minister c vijaya baskar said the state was receiving complaints about hospitals fleecing patients he said the state would soon fix rates for testing and treatment of covid19 patients foe details and complaints about the scheme people can call free helpline number 1800425 3993