Latur (Maharashtra) [India], June 20 (ANI): The Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER), Maharashtra has issued a show-cause notice to the dean of a government hospital in Latur district for allegedly asking a COVID-19 patient to purchase medicines from the market.

"All government hospitals are treating COVID-19 patients for free, but a patient admitted at Latur hospital was allegedly asked to purchase Tossilizumab, an expensive medicine, from outside," the government statement said.

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Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Dean of Medical Science Institute at Latur has been asked to respond to the notice within three days. (ANI)

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