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“I don’t understand why blood samples are sent to private labs despite 90 per cent of the tests being available in-house. Of these, according to an estimate, 70 per cent tests are carried out in private laboratories. “Doctors and hospitals’ administrators will be held accountable if patients are unnecessarily referred to private labs,” Dr Supe said.Just recently, the Directorate of Medical Education and Research too drafted rules against cut practice. “Each of these hospitals generates a business of Rs 5 lakh to 7 lakh a day for private laboratories,” said a senior doctor who did not wish to be identified. The draft submitted to the state’s Medical Education Department titled ‘Prevention of Cut Practices in Healthcare Services Act, 2017,’ proposes a five-year jail term and a penalty of Rs 50,000 for a doctor caught indulging in cut practice..