Now Reading: Allahabad HC flags huge disparity in private hospital fees
-
01
Allahabad HC flags huge disparity in private hospital fees
The Allahabad High Court has noted a huge disparity in fees charged by private hospitals and flagged the lack of a regulatory mechanism. A Lucknow bench of Justices Rajan Roy and Manjive…
The Story in Brief
The Allahabad High Court has noted a huge disparity in fees charged by private hospitals and flagged the lack of a regulatory mechanism. A Lucknow bench of Justices Rajan Roy and Manjive Shukla passed the order on a PIL filed by the local NGO We The People.
The court will hear the matter next on September 21. The PIL highlights the absence of standardised charges, leaving patients vulnerable to arbitrary pricing. The bench has sought a response from the state government.
The Indian Opinion
The court has rightly called out the free-for-all in private healthcare pricing. Yet the usual narratives will blame only private greed or government inaction. The real question is whether any government, past or present, has had the will to regulate an industry that lobbies fiercely against it. The September 21 hearing will show if the state files a concrete plan or more empty assurances.
Sources (2): ndtv.com, ndtv.com (2)
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
