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more-inTwo distraught fathers, whose children died at private hospitals while being treated for dengue last year, have demanded that the government stop the ‘healthcare mafia from fleecing patients’ by reining in India’s large, unregulated private health sector. The government subsidised land allotment for Medanta Hospital, yet it continues to charge us exorbitant prices,” said Mr.
Tomar, as he broke down while sharing the agonising experience at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. Jayant Singh, father of 7-year-old Adya who died at Fortis Hospital, has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court, demanding that private hospitals be regulated. On Tuesday, it released a report, without naming the hospitals, stating that the private hospitals forced patients to buy non-scheduled drugs from in-house pharmacies after increasing price margins by nearly 2000% in some cases. Why are we forced to buy medicines from in-house pharmacies, where these hospitals can charge whatever they want?.